Nummulites fichteli Michelotti 1841: a new record from Jordan
Boukhary, professor Mohamed; Hamdan; Radwan AbulNasr;
Abstract
ABSTRACT: Nummulites fichteli Michelotti, is identified from a nummulitic bank atWadi Al Bisseh Section (W. Al Ghadaf), east Jordan.
This species is an index species for the Rupelian. It represents a new Nummulites record for the Oligocene in Jordan. The age of the
sampled stratigraphic level was previously dated bymeans of echinoids (Zachos et al. 2008). Biometrical studies on N. fichteli show that
it is distinct from N. intermedius Schaub 1981. According to Schaub (1981) Nummulites fichteli is considered as the ancestral form of
Nummulites sublaevigatus d"Archiac and Haime, 1853. It is also a descendant species of N. fabianii retiatus Roveda, 1959. According to
Boukhary et al. 2010, Nummulites emiratus (of Rupelian age) is the descendant species of N. fabianiiwhile Nummulites ptukhiani (Early
This species is an index species for the Rupelian. It represents a new Nummulites record for the Oligocene in Jordan. The age of the
sampled stratigraphic level was previously dated bymeans of echinoids (Zachos et al. 2008). Biometrical studies on N. fichteli show that
it is distinct from N. intermedius Schaub 1981. According to Schaub (1981) Nummulites fichteli is considered as the ancestral form of
Nummulites sublaevigatus d"Archiac and Haime, 1853. It is also a descendant species of N. fabianii retiatus Roveda, 1959. According to
Boukhary et al. 2010, Nummulites emiratus (of Rupelian age) is the descendant species of N. fabianiiwhile Nummulites ptukhiani (Early
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| Title | Nummulites fichteli Michelotti 1841: a new record from Jordan | Authors | Boukhary, professor Mohamed ; Hamdan ; Radwan AbulNasr | Issue Date | 2013 | Journal | micropaleontology, vol. 59, nos. 2–3, text-figures 1–6, table 1, plate 1, pp. 111–118, 2013 | Description | micropaleontology, vol. 59, nos. 2–3, text-figures 1–6, table 1, plate 1, pp. 111–118, 2013 |
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