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COMMENTS ON 'STRATIGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF SHALLOW-WATER BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA FROM THE LOWER CRETACEOUS TAFT FORMATION, CENTRAL IRAN (YAZD BLOCK), WITH EVIDENCE FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF HIATUSES' BY GHEIASVAND, M. ET AL. [ANNALES DE PALÉONTOLOGIE, 2020, 154 (3), 102399] AND RELATED PAPERS
- Source :
- Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae. :3-8
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Societatea Paleontologilor din Romania, 2021.
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Abstract
- Gheiasvand et al. (2020) use the two larger benthic foraminifera species Simplorbitolina manasi Ciry & Rat and Mesorbitolina parva (Douglass) (Orbitolinidae) as upper Aptian “potential index fossils” for parts of the Taft Formation in Central Iran. This age assignment is accompanied by changes to well-established orbitolinid biozona-tions (e.g. occurrence of Praeorbitolina in the late Aptian) with far-reaching implications. These data were also used in a later “multidisciplinary study” (Gheiasvand et al., 2021) for isotopic correlations (e.g., location of OAE`s), delimitation of palaeobiogeographic faunal provinces and related migration patterns. It is shown herein that the taxa identified as S. manasi and M. parva belong to Iraqia simplex Henson and Palorbitolina lenticularis (Blumenbach) respectively documenting a lower and not an upper Aptian age. This revised age and the different taxononomic inventory do not question all results obtained by Gheiasvand et al. (2020, 2021), but provide a revised basis interpretation.
- Subjects :
- 010506 paleontology
Atmospheric Science
Ecology
biology
Distribution (number theory)
Stratigraphy
Paleontology
Geology
010502 geochemistry & geophysics
biology.organism_classification
01 natural sciences
Cretaceous
Foraminifera
Waves and shallow water
Benthic zone
Block (telecommunications)
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
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Details
- ISSN :
- 1842371X
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........d0828097373273d115edba5dfa795ce0