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Santonian-Campanian Biostratigraphy Of The Kalaat Senan Area (West-Central Tunisia), Zaineb Elamri, Dalila Zaghbib-Turki
Santonian-Campanian Biostratigraphy Of The Kalaat Senan Area (West-Central Tunisia), Zaineb Elamri, Dalila Zaghbib-Turki
Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences
The Santonian-Campanian (S/C) transition in the Kalaat Senan area is well exposed in the Assila Wadi (OA) section and consists of marls with indurate glauconitic levels towards the base. Standard Mediterranean ammonite biozonations could not be applied to this section because the biomarkers are absent. However, planktonic foraminiferal biozonation is more reliable for indicating the S/C boundary, and here we propose to use the last appearance datum of Dicarinella asymetrica as the index marker of this boundary. A high-resolution quantitative analysis of the planktonic foraminifera of the OA section allows us to define the main bioevents across the S/C transition …
New Fossils Of Gaindatherium (Rhinocerotidae, Mammalia) From The Middle Miocene Of Pakistan, Abdul Majid Khan, Esperanza Cerdeño, Muhammad Akhtar, Muhammad Akbar Khan, Ayesha Iqbal, Muhammad Mubashir
New Fossils Of Gaindatherium (Rhinocerotidae, Mammalia) From The Middle Miocene Of Pakistan, Abdul Majid Khan, Esperanza Cerdeño, Muhammad Akhtar, Muhammad Akbar Khan, Ayesha Iqbal, Muhammad Mubashir
Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences
New isolated teeth with maxillary and mandibular fragments from the Chinji Formation of the Lower Siwaliks are described and determined as Gaindatherium browni and Gaindatherium vidali. This material comes from the Middle Miocene of Lava and Dhok Bun Ameer Khatoon localities, northern Pakistan, and significantly increases the number of remains previously known for this rhinocerotid genus. Specimens from the Lava site determined as G. vidali present morphological differences with respect to those of G. browni, being similar to those of G. vidali from the Nagri Formation, showing a greater size. Previously, G. vidali was reported only from the Nagri Formation …