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Macrofaunal communities and microfacies analysis of the upper Campanian-Maastrichtian Sudr Formation at the Galala Plateaus, north Eastern Desert, Egypt: paleoenvironmental and p

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Last updated: 18 Dec 2024

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The Upper Cretaceous deposits are widely distributed and well exposed in northern Egypt. Important upper Campanian-Maastrichtian carbonate deposits outcrop at the Northern and Southern Galala Plateaus, north Eastern Desert, represented by Sudr Formation. Sudr Formation is lithologically investigated, sampled, and the included fauna are collected for taxonomic and paleobiogeographic studies. Four gastropod species, belonging to three genera and three families, as well as twelve bivalve species, representative of twelve genera and nine families, are identified. Two gastropod species; Cerithium buddha Noetling, Potamides temalacaensis Perrilliat et al., and four bivalve species; Gryphaeostrea canaliculata (Sowerby), Venilicardia truncata (Sowerby), Calva (Egelicalva) buttensis (Anderson), Lyriochlamys dentata (Nilsson), are recorded for the first time from the Upper Cretaceous deposits of Egypt. The microfacies analysis of the carbonates of Sudr Formation revealed four distinct microfacies types, each with characteristic bioclasts and textural features. These microfacies types suggest open-marine, high-energy shallow subtidal shoal to low-energy deep subtidal environments. The paleobiogeography of the recorded bivalve taxa is highlighted, revealing two endemic species to Egypt; Nucula chargensis Quaas and Meretrix rohlfsi (Quaas). On the other hand, the other identified bivalve species show wide distribution over a broad geographical area, including North Africa, East and West Africa, Middle East, Asia, Europe, South America, and North America. The bivalve distribution in the present study suggests a strong affinity to the southern Tethyan Province.

DOI

10.21608/abas.2024.243686.1030

Keywords

bivalves, gastropods, Microfacies analysis, Sudr Formation, Paleobiogeography, Egypt

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Shahin

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Abd-Elhameed

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Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Helwan, Cairo, Egypt

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shahinashraf2014@gmail.com

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Cairo

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0000-0002-6407-5314

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Yasser

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Salama

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Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt

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y.slama@gmail.com

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Cairo

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Abdelaziz

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Mahmoud

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Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Helwan, Cairo, Egypt

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zizo265@yahoo.com

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Cairo

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2

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1

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45888

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2024-01-01

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2023-10-19

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2024-01-01

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113

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129

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2974-3672

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Advances in Basic and Applied Sciences

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Macrofaunal communities and microfacies analysis of the upper Campanian-Maastrichtian Sudr Formation at the Galala Plateaus, north Eastern Desert, Egypt: paleoenvironmental and paleobiogeographical implications

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18 Dec 2024