Late Cenomanian ostracode faunas from the area south of Ain Sukhna, western side of the Gulf of Suez, Egypt
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Ostracodes, Late Cenomanian, Southern Tethys, Egypt
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Study of ostracode faunas from a Cenomanian exposure represented by the Galala Formation in the area south of the town Ain Sukhna on the western side of the Gulf of Suez has yielded 11 species belonging to 10 genera. The recorded species have been taxonomically described, discussed where required, and illustrated. The ostracode assemblage is characteristic for the late Cenomanian. It is composed of taxa of a typical marine shelf setting. The majority of the recorded species have a vastly extending geographic distribution in the areas along the southern shores of the Tethys, indicating the absence of significant geographic barriers along this stretch during the late Cenomanian.
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BABINOT, J.-F. (1985): Paléobiogéographie des ostracods du Crétacé supérieur des marges ouest-européennes et nord-africaines de la Tethys.– Bull. Soc. Géol. Fr., Paris, (8)1,5, 739–754.
BABINOT, J.-F. & BASHA, S.A. (1985): Ostracods from the Early Cenomanian of Jordan. A preliminary report.– Geobios, Lyon, 18/2, 257–262.
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BEN YOUSSEF, M. (1980): Etude stratigraphique et micropaléontolo-gique du Crétace des Djebels Koumine et Kharroub.– Thése Docteur de 3e Cycle, Université Nice, 104 p.
BISMUTH, H., BOLTENHAGEN, C., DONZE, P., LEFEVRE, J. & SAINT-MARC, P. (1981a): Le Crétacé Moyen et Supérieur du Dje-bel Semmama (Tunisie du Centre-Nord); Microstratigraphie et évo-lution sédimentologique.– Société Nationale d’Elf Aquitaine, 5, 213–245.
BISMUTH, H., DONZE, P., LEFEVRE, J. & SAINT-MARC, P. (1981b): Nouvelle espéces d’ostracodes dans le Crétacé Moyen et Supérieur du Djebel Semmama (Tunisie du Centre-Nord).– Cahiers Micro-paléontol., 3, 51–69.
BOLD, W.H. VAN DEN. (1964): Ostracoden aus der Oberkreide von Abu Rawash, Ägypten.– Palaeontograph. A, 123/4–6, 111–136.
BOUKHARY, M., EISSA, R. & KERDANY, M. (1977): Some ostracod species from the Galala Formation, western coast of the Gulf of Suez, Egypt. Proceedings of the Egyptian Academy of Science, Cairo, 30, 155–161.
COLIN, J.-P. & EL DAKKAK, M.W. (1975): Quelques Ostracods du Cénomanien du Djebel Nezzazat, Sinai, Egypte.– Rev. Espań. Mi-cropaleontol., Special issue, 49–60.
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DAMOTTE, R. (1985): Les Ostracods du Crétacé moyen sud-mésogéen et leur répartition paléogéographique.– Bull. Soc. Géol. Fr., Paris, 8, 733–737.
DAMOTTE, R. (1995): The biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography of the Upper Cretaceous-basal Tertiary ostracods from North Africa, Mali and Congo.– Cretaceous Res., 16, 35–366.
DAMOTTE, R. & SAINT-MARC, P. (1972): Contribution à la connais-sance des ostracods Crétacé du Liban.– Rev. Espań. Micropaleon-tol., 4/3, 273–296.
GARGOURI-RAZGALLAH, S. (1983): Le Cénomanien de Tunisie cen-trale, étude paléoécologique, stratigraphique, micropaléontologique et paléogéographique.– ThéseDocteur dés-Sciences, Univérsité Claude Bernard, Lyon, 215 p.
GEBHARDT, H. (1999): Cenomanian to Coniacian biogeography and migration of North and West African ostracods.– Cretaceous Res., 20, 215–229.
GERRY, E. & ROSENFELD, R. (1973): Amphicytherura distincta and Neocyprideis vandenboldi (Ostracoda), new species from the Cenomanian–Turonian of Israel.– Rev. Espań. Micropaleontol., 5/1, 99–105.
GROSDIDIER, E. (1973): Associations d’Ostracods du Crétacé d’Iran.– Revue de l’Institut Francais de Pétrole,28, 131–168.
HAQ, B.U. (1984): Paleoceanography: a synoptic overview of 200 mil-lion years of ocean history.– In: HAQ, B.U. & MILLIMAN, J.D. (eds.): Marine geology and oceanography of Arabian Sea and coast-al Pakistan. Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York, 201–231.
HATABA, H. & AMMAR, G. (1990): Comparative stratigraphic study on the Upper Cenomanian–Lower Senonian sediments between the Gulf of Suez and Western Desert, Egypt.– EGPC 10th Exploration and Prododuction Conference, Cairo, 1–16.
HEWAIDY, A.A. & MORSI, A.M. (2001): Lower Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) Foraminifera and Ostracoda from northern Sinai, Egypt.– Egypt. J. Paleontol., 1, 229–252.
HORN, D.J., COHEN, A. & MARTENS, K. (2002): Taxonomy, morphol-ogy and biology of Quaternary and living Ostracoda.– In: HOLMES, J.A. & CHIVAS, A.R. (eds.): The Ostracoda, Applications in Quaternary Research. American Geophysical Union, 131, 5–36.
ISMAIL, A.A. (1999): Aptian-Turonian Ostracods from Northern Sinai, Egypt.– Egypt. J. Geol., Cairo, 43/2, 293–315.
ISMAIL, A.A. (2001): Correlation of Cenomanian-Turonian Ostracods of Gebel Shabraweet with their counterpart in Egypt, North Africa and the Middle East.– Neues Jahrb. Geol. Paläontol., Monat shefte., 9, 513–533.
ISMAIL, A.A. & SOLIMAN, S.I. (1997): Cenomanian-Santonian fora-minifera and ostracods from Horus well-1, north Western Desert, Egypt.– Micropaleontol., 43/2, 165–183.
KERDANY, M.T., EISSA, R.A. & LABIB, F. (1973): Quelques foraminifères cénomaniens de la partie oust de la region du Golfe de Suez (Égypte).– Rev. Micropaléontol., 16/2, 89–96
.LUGER, P. (2003): Paleobiogeography of late Early Cretaceous to Ear-ly Paleocene marine Ostracoda in Arabia and North to Equatorial Africa.– Palaeogeogr., Palaeoclimatol., Palaeoecol., 196/3, 319–342.
MAJORAN, S. (1988): Comments on a miscellaneous ostracod group from the mid-Cretaceous of the south shelf of the Tethys sea.– J. Afr. Earth Sci., 6, 691–702
.MAJORAN, S. (1989): Mid-Cretaceous Ostracoda of northeastern Al-geria.– Fossils & Strata, 27, 1–67.
MAJORAN, S. (1996):Mid-Cretaceous “Veeniacythereis” (Ostracoda) from Africa and the Middle East.– Neues Jahrb. Geol. Paläontol., Monatshefte, 1996/3, 183–192.
MORSI, A.M. & BAUER, J. (2001): Cenomanian Ostracods from Sinai Peninsula, Egypt.– Rev. Paléobiol., 20/2, 377–414.
ORABI, H.O. & ISMAIL, A.A. (1993): Cenomanian–Turonian ostracods from west-central Sinai, Egypt.– Science Journal of the Faculty of Science, Monoufi a University, Shebin El Koum, 7, 131–157.
RICHE, P. & PRISTAT, B. (1980): Paléogéographie du Crétacé Moyen du Proche et Moyen-Orient et sa signifi cation pétrolière.– Proceedings of the 10th World Petroleum Congress. Heydem & Sons, London, 2, 57–75.
ROSENFELD, A. & RAAB, M. (1974): Cenomanian–Turonian Ostra-cods from the Judea Group in Israel.– Bull. Geol. Surv. Isr., Jerusa-lem, 62, 1–64.
ROSENFELD, A. & RAAB, M. (1984): Lower Cretaceous Ostracods from Israel and Sinai.– Isr. J. Earth Sci., 33, 85–134.
SCHULZE, F., MARZOUK, A.M., BASSIOUNI, A.A. & KUSS, J. (2004): The late Albian–Turonian carbonate platform succession of west-central Jordan: stratigraphy and crisis.– Cretaceous Res., 25, 709–737.
SHAHIN, A. (1991): Cenomanian-Turonian ostracods from Gebel Nez-zazat, southwestern Sinai, Egypt, with observations on δ13 C values and the Cenomanian/Turonian boundary.– J. Micropalaeontol., 10/2, 133–155.
SHAHIN, A. & KORA, M. (1991): Biostratigraphy of some Upper Cre-taceous successions in the eastern central Sinai, Egypt.– Neues Jah-rb. Geol. Paläontol., Monatshefte., 1991/11,671–692.
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