New Five Southern Tethyan Agglutinated Foraminiferal Species

Abstract

Benthic foraminifera was studied as part of an investigation of the Dababiya section (Egypt), which was undertaken to document a candidate section for the Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Ypresian Stage, Thanetian/Ypresian boundary, Late Campanian Dokan and Azmer sections of Kurdistan (NE Iraq), and the type section of Khangiran Formation of Khangiran section (NE Iran). Five new species of the genera Pseudogaudryina and Pseudogaudryinella are proposed, from three countries Egypt, Iraq and Iran, and from Campanian and Ypresian sediments. Three species of Pseudogaudryina: P. dababiyaensis (from Egypt), P. kurdistanensis and P. iraqensis (from Iraq), two species from Iran: Pseudogaudryinella iranica and Pseudoclavulina iranica. The Tethyan continental shelf fauna Midway-Type Fauna (MTF) of deep middle neritic to the upper bathyal environment is interpreted.

Contribution to the paleontology of the CampanianNeogene benthic foraminiferal Textulariid and Lagenid genera and species

“…Etymology: After Silvia Ortiz, University of Zaragoza, Spain (Figure 5). Remarks: This species has larger test size than P. iranica Anan, 13 and does not have globular last chamber, and more coarser grain-size wall.…”

“…and P. iranica Anan. 13 The three parts of the arrangement occupied one third of the test, and aperture on the last semi-globular chamber terminal on neck. Holotype: Illustrated specimen in Plate 1, Figure 5.…”