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Systematic And Biostratigraphic Evaluation Of The Late Cretaceous Benthic Foraminiferal Assemblages Of Southeastern Batman, Derya Si̇nanoğlu
Systematic And Biostratigraphic Evaluation Of The Late Cretaceous Benthic Foraminiferal Assemblages Of Southeastern Batman, Derya Si̇nanoğlu
Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration
The study area is located in 15 km west of Gercüş town (southeast of Batman) at the northern margin of the Arabian Plate. This region is the only place where Garzan formation, one of the important petroleum reservoir of the Southeastern Anatolia, outcrops and detailed scientific studies have been carried out. The unit, mainly of beige-yellowish, thin-thick bedded, benthic foraminifera and algae bearing limestones, has a rich fossil content and high diversity. This diversity in the benthic foraminifera is noteworthy. These assemblages contains Vandenbroekia munieri Marie, Coskinolina sp., Cyclogyra sp. with porcellaneous test; Biconcava bentori Hamaoui, Nezzazata simplex Omara, Nezzazatinella …
Maastrichtian - Selandian Planktonic Foraminifera Biostratigraphy And Palaeoecological Interpretation Of Akveren Formation In Bartin Area (Western Black Sea, Turkey), Caner Kaya Özer
Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration
The changes in planktonic foraminifera assemblages were studied in two sections composed of clayey limestone, limestone, claystone and marl in the Akveren Formation in the Bartın Province. Pseudoguembelina palpebra, Racemiguembelina fructicosa, Abathomphalus mayaroensis and Pseudoguembelina hariaensis biozones in the Maastrichtian and Parvularugoglobigerina eugubina, Glomobanomalina compressa/Praemurica uncinata, Praemurica uncinata and Morozovella angulata biozones in the Paloecene were determined using planktonic genus and species identified in these sections. Paleoecological interpretations in this study were completed by using the relative abundances of paleoecological species identified in these biozones. The abundance of Rugoglobigerina spp., Heterohelix globulosa, Pseudoguembelina spp., species that tolerated changes in sea …
First Determination Of Rudists (Bivalvia) From Ne Iraq: Systematic Palaeontology And Palaeobiogeography, Sacit Özer, Kamal Haji Karim, Dereen Mohamad Sadiq
First Determination Of Rudists (Bivalvia) From Ne Iraq: Systematic Palaeontology And Palaeobiogeography, Sacit Özer, Kamal Haji Karim, Dereen Mohamad Sadiq
Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration
The Maastrichtian Aqra Formation around Mawat-Chwarta (Sulaimaniya city) in NE Iraq consists mainly of coarse grained detrital limestone, locally containing terrigenous clastics, and is characterized by abundant rudists in life position. The rudist biostromes are very common in the formation and benthic foraminifers, gastropods and non-rudist bivalves with scarcer echinoderms and solitary corals are associated with the rudists. This first determination of rudists from NE Iraq recognizes the following species, Dictyoptychus aff. morgani, Sauvagesia somalica, Hippurites cornucopiae, Praeradiolites subtoucasi and Lapeirousia jouanneti, as well as some indeterminable radiolitid sections. This rudist fauna is assigned to the Hippurites cornucopiae interval zone …