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Middle to late Eocene Nummulites from the southern Tethys, Fayum, Egypt: taxonomic, biostratigraphic, and paleobiogeographic context

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Soad A. Raafat ,
Mahmoud A. Kora ,
Zaki A. Abdel-Fattah  and
Safia Gaber Al Menoufy Open the ORCID record for Safia Gaber Al Menoufy [Opens in a new window]
Soad A. Raafat
Affiliation:
Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Damietta University, New Damietta City, Damietta 34517, Egypt
Mahmoud A. Kora
Affiliation:
Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
Zaki A. Abdel-Fattah
Affiliation:
Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Damietta University, New Damietta City, Damietta 34517, Egypt
Safia Gaber Al Menoufy*
Affiliation:
Department of Biological and Geological Sciences, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11341, Egypt
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Corresponding author: Safia Gaber Al Menoufy; Email: safiagaber194@gmail.com
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Abstract

The present paper focuses on the middle to late Eocene Nummulites from the southern margin of the Tethys Ocean to address gaps in taxonomy of Nummulites, with emphasis on their biostratigraphic implications and paleobiogeographic distributions. Integration of biometric and morphological data with other taxonomic characters is used to define four Nummulites species (Nummulites midawaraensis Kenawy, 1978, N. biarritzensis d’Archiac and Haime, 1853, N. lyelli d’Archiac and Haime, 1853, and N. striatus (Bruguière, [1792]) from Fayum, Egypt. Biostratigraphically, three main biozones are identified. The Nummulites midawaraensis Biozone characterizes the Lutetian Midawara Formation. The N. lyelli Biozone heralds the Bartonian El-Gharaq Formation. The uppermost Priabonian Stage is demarcated by the N. striatus Biozone within the Birket Qarun Formation. These biozones match well with the Lutetian to Priabonian Tethyan larger benthic foraminiferal biozones. Distinct temporal changes and geographic distributions of the Nummulites assemblages distinguish remarkable middle to late Eocene paleobiogeographic provinces within the Tethys Ocean. Nummulites midawaraensis is probably endemic to the Egyptian southern Tethys Ocean, whereas the N. biarritzensis, N. lyelli, and N. striatus flourished throughout the Tethyan Realm, extending eastward from Spain to Pakistan and India. Notably, our findings strengthen the evidence for a strong connection between the Indo-Pakistani and Tethyan provinces during the Eocene. The relatively warm events throughout the middle to late Eocene led to an active carbonate factory and flourishing of calcite tests of Nummulites that favored clear waters and light under tropical to subtropical shallow-marine conditions.

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