Paleocene to Early Eocene ostracodes from the area of east-central Sinai, Egypt

Abstract

Detailed study of the ostracode faunas from the Paleocene to Early Eocene in the stretch extending in east-central Sinaifrom the Egma Plateau in the south to Areif El Naga in the north yielded 27 ostracode species and subspecies belonging to 18 genera. Out of these, three new species namely Cytherella sinaensis, Cytherelloidea attiyaensis and Oertliella posterotriangulata are described. Most of species have a long stratigraphic and wide geographic distribution throughout the Middle East and North Africa. The recorded ostracode assemblages generally indicate an outer shelf-upper bathyal environment of normal marine conditions.