“…Planktic species most tolerant of hyposaline conditions (salinities range of 30.5‰-31‰) are Globigerina bulloides, G. quinqueloba, Globigerinita uvula, Globigerinoides ruber, Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (f. superfi ciaria), and Orbulina universa (Be and Tolderlund, 1971). These hyposaline tolerant species are absent in the Bouse Formation in the Blythe basin, whereas species common in normal marine salinities like Streptochilus are present (Darling et al, 2009;De Klasz et al, 1989). Living Streptochilus are present principally in surface marine waters (Darling et al, 2009;De Klasz et al, 1989;Smart and Thomas, 2006), although oxygen isotope values suggest that Streptochilus can live deeper in the upper water column in temperate to tropical, highly productive waters or in shallow surface waters close to upwelling zones in coastal regions (Resig and Kroopnick, 1983;Hemleben et al, 1989;Smart and Thomas, 2006).…”