First Report of Middle Eocene Micromorphic Brachiopods from Northeastern Libya: Taxonomy and Paleobiogeography Implications
Two brachiopod species, <i>Terebratulina tenuistriata</i> (Leymerie, 1846) and <i>Orthothyris pectinoides</i> (von Koenen, 1984), have been recorded for the first time from the Middle Eocene (Late Lutetian) nummulitic limestone beds in the Darnah Formation at the Wadi Darnah...
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| author | Sayed M. Abd El-Aziz Ibrahim M. Abd El-Gaied Mansour H. Al-Hashim Maria Aleksandra Bitner Yasser F. Salama Petra Heinz Mostafa M. Sayed |
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| description | Two brachiopod species, <i>Terebratulina tenuistriata</i> (Leymerie, 1846) and <i>Orthothyris pectinoides</i> (von Koenen, 1984), have been recorded for the first time from the Middle Eocene (Late Lutetian) nummulitic limestone beds in the Darnah Formation at the Wadi Darnah area in Northeast Libya. These brachiopod species are associated here with <i>Nummulites discorbinus</i> (Schlotheim), <i>Nummulites praelyelli</i> (Boukhary and Kamal), and <i>Nummulites bullatus</i> (Schaub) and are widely distributed on this Middle Eocene Nummulites carbonate platform. The two recorded species are common in the Eocene rocks of Europe and the Arabian Gulf. In northern Africa, the brachiopod species <i>Terebratulina tenuistriata</i> (Leymerie) was only recorded from the Middle Eocene (Bartonian) of Egypt, while <i>Orthothyris pectinoides</i> (von Koenen) is firstly recorded from the Middle Eocene of the southern Tethyan Province (NE Libya) in the present work. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-db27bacb5b754166a6bd15d3fec6b3122024-11-26T18:00:22ZengMDPI AGDiversity1424-28182024-10-01161167210.3390/d16110672First Report of Middle Eocene Micromorphic Brachiopods from Northeastern Libya: Taxonomy and Paleobiogeography ImplicationsSayed M. Abd El-Aziz0Ibrahim M. Abd El-Gaied1Mansour H. Al-Hashim2Maria Aleksandra Bitner3Yasser F. Salama4Petra Heinz5Mostafa M. Sayed6Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Fayoum University, Fayoum 63511, EgyptFaculty of Earth Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62511, EgyptDepartment of Geology and Geophysics, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2445, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaInstitute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00-818 Warszawa, PolandGeology Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62511, EgyptDepartment of Palaeontology, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, AustriaGeology Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62511, EgyptTwo brachiopod species, <i>Terebratulina tenuistriata</i> (Leymerie, 1846) and <i>Orthothyris pectinoides</i> (von Koenen, 1984), have been recorded for the first time from the Middle Eocene (Late Lutetian) nummulitic limestone beds in the Darnah Formation at the Wadi Darnah area in Northeast Libya. These brachiopod species are associated here with <i>Nummulites discorbinus</i> (Schlotheim), <i>Nummulites praelyelli</i> (Boukhary and Kamal), and <i>Nummulites bullatus</i> (Schaub) and are widely distributed on this Middle Eocene Nummulites carbonate platform. The two recorded species are common in the Eocene rocks of Europe and the Arabian Gulf. In northern Africa, the brachiopod species <i>Terebratulina tenuistriata</i> (Leymerie) was only recorded from the Middle Eocene (Bartonian) of Egypt, while <i>Orthothyris pectinoides</i> (von Koenen) is firstly recorded from the Middle Eocene of the southern Tethyan Province (NE Libya) in the present work.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/16/11/672BrachiopodaMiddle EocenepaleobiogeographyLibyaAfrica |
| spellingShingle | Sayed M. Abd El-Aziz Ibrahim M. Abd El-Gaied Mansour H. Al-Hashim Maria Aleksandra Bitner Yasser F. Salama Petra Heinz Mostafa M. Sayed First Report of Middle Eocene Micromorphic Brachiopods from Northeastern Libya: Taxonomy and Paleobiogeography Implications Diversity Brachiopoda Middle Eocene paleobiogeography Libya Africa |
| title | First Report of Middle Eocene Micromorphic Brachiopods from Northeastern Libya: Taxonomy and Paleobiogeography Implications |
| title_full | First Report of Middle Eocene Micromorphic Brachiopods from Northeastern Libya: Taxonomy and Paleobiogeography Implications |
| title_fullStr | First Report of Middle Eocene Micromorphic Brachiopods from Northeastern Libya: Taxonomy and Paleobiogeography Implications |
| title_full_unstemmed | First Report of Middle Eocene Micromorphic Brachiopods from Northeastern Libya: Taxonomy and Paleobiogeography Implications |
| title_short | First Report of Middle Eocene Micromorphic Brachiopods from Northeastern Libya: Taxonomy and Paleobiogeography Implications |
| title_sort | first report of middle eocene micromorphic brachiopods from northeastern libya taxonomy and paleobiogeography implications |
| topic | Brachiopoda Middle Eocene paleobiogeography Libya Africa |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/16/11/672 |
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