Upper Eocene larger foraminifera from the Dammam Formation in the border region of United Arab Emirates and Oman
Boukhary, professor Mohamed; Osman Abd elghany; Salah Bahr;
Abstract
ABSTRACT:A n UpperE ocened iagnosticl argerf oraminiferaal ssemblagei s describeda ndi llustratedf romc arbonateso f the uppermostD
ammamF ormationo, n thew esterns ide of theN orthernO manM ountainsa, longt heU nitedA rabE miratesa ndO manb orderT. his
assemblage comprises Fabiania cassis (Oppenheim 1896), Silvestriella tetraedra (Gtimbel 1870), Pellatispira madaraszi Hantken
1876, Nummulitesfabiani(iP rever1 905), N. ptukhianiK acharava1 969 andN . retiatus( Roveda 1959). The presenceo f Nummulites
ptukhiania ndN . fabianii withint he sameh orizono f Pellatispiram adaraszip laces both species in the Priabonians tage, confirminga
LateE ocenea ge fort heu ppermospt arto f theD ammamF ormationT. hes tudiedc arbonatews ered epositedi n ani nners helfe nvironment,
which may be related to the eustatic fall of sea level at the end of the Late Eocene.
INTRODUC
ammamF ormationo, n thew esterns ide of theN orthernO manM ountainsa, longt heU nitedA rabE miratesa ndO manb orderT. his
assemblage comprises Fabiania cassis (Oppenheim 1896), Silvestriella tetraedra (Gtimbel 1870), Pellatispira madaraszi Hantken
1876, Nummulitesfabiani(iP rever1 905), N. ptukhianiK acharava1 969 andN . retiatus( Roveda 1959). The presenceo f Nummulites
ptukhiania ndN . fabianii withint he sameh orizono f Pellatispiram adaraszip laces both species in the Priabonians tage, confirminga
LateE ocenea ge fort heu ppermospt arto f theD ammamF ormationT. hes tudiedc arbonatews ered epositedi n ani nners helfe nvironment,
which may be related to the eustatic fall of sea level at the end of the Late Eocene.
INTRODUC
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| Title | Upper Eocene larger foraminifera from the Dammam Formation in the border region of United Arab Emirates and Oman | Authors | Boukhary, professor Mohamed ; Osman Abd elghany ; Salah Bahr | Issue Date | 2006 | Journal | micropaleontology, vol. 51, no. 6, pp. 487-504, text-figures 1-6, plates 1-7, table 1, 2005 (2006) 487 |
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