| publication name | Biostratigraphy and stepwise extinctions of the larger foraminifera during Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Gebel Um Horeiba (Mittla Pass), west-central Sinai, Egypt |
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| Authors | Orabi H.Orabi, Reefat A. Osman, Gamal M. El Qot & Adel M. Afify |
| year | 2012 |
| keywords | Larger Foraminifera, Cenomanian, Biostratigraphy, Palaeoecology, Sinai, Egypt |
| journal | Revue de Paléobiologie |
| volume | 31 |
| issue | 2 |
| pages | 303-312 |
| publisher | Not Available |
| Local/International | International |
| Paper Link | Not Available |
| Full paper | download |
| Supplementary materials | Not Available |
Abstract
Ten benthic larger foraminifera species Cisalveolina cf. lehneri (Reichel, 1941), C. frassi (Gűmbel, 1872), Sellialveolina viallii Colalongo, 1963, Reticulinella reicheli (Cuvillier et al., 1969), Orbitolina (Mesorbitolina) texana (Roemer, 1849), Spiroloculina cenomana Chiocchini, 2008, Spirosigmoilina sp., Cuneolina cylindrica Henson, Palaeosigmoilopsis apenninica Chiocchini, 2008, and Praechrysalidina infracretacea Luperto Sinni, 1979 have been recorded from the Cenomanian sediments of west-central Sinai for the first time. Due to the scarcity of index fossils such as ammonites and planktonic foraminifera and the high-diversity of the larger foraminifera species, three biozones have been recorded during Cenomanian based on larger foraminifera. In addition, two step patterns extinctions of larger foraminifera have been observed in the Late Cenomanian shallow-water carbonates of the studied area. The first step (E1) occurs at the middle part of the larger foraminifera Praealveolina cretacea Zone and the second one (E2) occurs near the top of the same latter zone with low-diversity of miliolids and textularids. The latter two extinction events (E1 & E2) are correlated with the record of sea-level change of eustatic curve of Haq et al. (1988).