Some records Ostracod species of genus Paijenborchellina from the Middle Miocene Fat'ha Formation, Eastern Butmah Anticline, Northwestern Mosul City, Iraq | ||
| Iraqi National Journal of Earth Science (INJES) | ||
| Article 2, Volume 21, Issue 1, June 2021, Pages 1-19 PDF (1.47 M) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.33899/earth.2021.170377 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Maha Mohammed* ; Ibrahim Al-Shareefi | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Through a comprehensive taxonomic study of the ostracoda fossils in Fat'ha Formation in the stratigraphic section exposed within the eastern limb of Butmah anticline northwestern Mosul city, several genera and their belonging species of ostracoda have been identified from this previously unexamined section in terms of fossils. However, the focus in this research is on the genus Paijenborchellina and its species as it indicates an important environmental, age and geographical indications Six species belonging to this genus have been diagnosed as follows: Paijenborchellina keeni Gammudi & Keen, Paijenborchellina libyca Szczechura, Paijenborchellina cf. kausalis Khalaf, Paijenborchellina (Eupaijenborchella) iraqensisKhalaf, Paijenborchella (Eupaijenborchella) pronaLyubimova and Guha,andPaijenborchella (Eupaijenborchella) royi Khosla. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Ostracoda; Paijenborchellina; Fat'ha Formation; middle Miocene; eastern Butmah anticline | ||
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