Theme-Logo
  • Login
  • Home
  • Course
  • Publication
  • Theses
  • Reports
  • Published books
  • Workshops / Conferences
  • Supervised PhD
  • Supervised MSc
  • Supervised projects
  • Education
  • Language skills
  • Positions
  • Memberships and awards
  • Committees
  • Experience
  • Scientific activites
  • In links
  • Outgoinglinks
  • News
  • Gallery
publication name Biostratigraphy and stepwise extinctions of the larger foraminifera during Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Gebel Um Horeiba (Mittla Pass), west-central Sinai, Egypt
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).

Benha University © 2023 Designed and developed by portal team - Benha University