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Revisiting Late Pennsylvanian (Kasimovian) Corals of Egypt: New perspectives and contributions

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, Paleontology, Geochronology.

Abstract

 
The Basal calcareous/dolomitic mudstone beds of the Kasimovian lower member of the Aheimer Formation in the Northern Galala Plateau (western side of the Gulf of Suez) harbour a distinctive assemblage of rugose corals, marking the youngest Carboniferous coral fauna from the southern margin of the western Palaeotethys, that is to say along the northern margin of western Gondwana. This study presents new taxonomic insights into this unique coral fauna, describing three species from the Antiphyllidae and Plerophyllidae families. They include Monophyllum maxima sp. nov. and two yet unnamed species of Monophyllum sp. and Ufimia sp. The coral retrieved association are generally simple structured and non-dissepimented. Colonial rugosa are missing and tabulate corals are very rare. Comparisons with global taxa and palaeogeographic considerations suggest connections with northern Spain and the Cordilleran–Arctic–Uralian realm.

DOI

10.21608/egjg.2024.281602.1071

Keywords

Cornute rugosa, Monophyllum, Carboniferous, Northern Galala, Gulf of Suez

Authors

First Name

Heba

Last Name

El-Desouky

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Affiliation

Mansoura University, Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura, 35516, Egypt

Email

hebaeldesoky@mans.edu.eg

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Volume

68

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

45415

Issue Date

2024-12-01

Receive Date

2024-04-15

Publish Date

2024-12-01

Page Start

79

Page End

95

Print ISSN

0022-1384

Online ISSN

2805-2617

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https://egjg.journals.ekb.eg/article_351147.html

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6

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Original Article

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2,013

Publication Type

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Geology

Publication Link

https://egjg.journals.ekb.eg/

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Revisiting Late Pennsylvanian (Kasimovian) Corals of Egypt: New perspectives and contributions

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28 Dec 2024