Dictyoconus aydimi (Gallardo-Garcia and Serra-Kiel, 2016) comb. nov., larger benthicforaminifera from the Middle-Upper Eocene of the Middle East (SE Turkey, Iraq, SWIran, Oman): New evidence for Arabian Plate faunal provincialism

Authors

NAZİRE ÖZGEN ERDEM
FELIX SCHLAGINTWEIT
DERYA SİNANOĞLU

DOI

10.3906/yer-2007-2

Abstract

Rogerella aydimi Gallardo-Garcia and Serra-Kiel was described from the Priabonian Haluf Member of the Aydim Formation, Oman. Based on new finds from the Bartonian Hoya Formation of SE Turkey and the Jahrum Formation of Iran, its taxonomic status is discussed herein. It is concluded that it represents a species of Dictyoconus with a simple subepidermal network (1 rafter, 1 intercalary beam) below a thin epiderm. The stratigraphic range of D. aydimi known thus far is Bartonian-Priabonian or Shallow Benthic Zone 17- 20. The distribution of D. aydimi gives further evidence for a Middle-Late Eocene faunal provincialism of the Arabian Plate (Somalia, Oman, Iran, Iraq, SE Turkey).

Keywords

Benthic foraminifera, taxonomy and systematics, biostratigraphy, paleobiogeography, Eocene, SE Turkey

First Page

268

Last Page

278

Recommended Citation

ERDEM, NAZİRE ÖZGEN; SCHLAGINTWEIT, FELIX; and SİNANOĞLU, DERYA (2021) "Dictyoconus aydimi (Gallardo-Garcia and Serra-Kiel, 2016) comb. nov., larger benthicforaminifera from the Middle-Upper Eocene of the Middle East (SE Turkey, Iraq, SWIran, Oman): New evidence for Arabian Plate faunal provincialism," Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences: Vol. 30: No. 2, Article 8. https://doi.org/10.3906/yer-2007-2
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/earth/vol30/iss2/8