Geologia Croatica, Vol. 59 No. 2, 2006.
Original scientific paper
Somalina praestefaninii n. sp., a New Species of Large Foraminifera from the Dammam Formation (Lutetian) of Gebel Hafit, United Arab Emirates
Mohamed Boukhary
Danielle Decrouez
Yasser A. El Safori
Abstract
The nodular limestones exposed at the basal part of the Gebel Hafit
(United Arab Emirates) represent a truncation surface, between the
Rus and the Middle Eocene Dammam Formation (Mibazara Member).
Somalina praestefaninii n.sp. is a new large foraminiferal species
separated from the Mibazara member. It is believed that Somalina
praestefaninii n.sp. is the ancestral form of Somalina stefaninii
Silvestri as it is smaller and has a more simple protoconch. Here,
it is believed that the taxon Somalina (Lutetian) could possibly be
derived from Opertorbitolites NUTTALL , 1925 (the taxon characteristic
for the Ypresian).
Keywords
Somalina; Taxonomy; Eocene; United Arab Emirates
Hrčak ID:
19287
URI
Publication date:
29.12.2006.
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