Paleoecology of Benthic Foraminifera in Coral Reefs Recorded in the Jurassic Tuwaiq Mountain Formation of the Khashm Al-Qaddiyah Area, Central Saudi Arabia

Mohamed Youssef; Abdelbaset S. El-Sorogy

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Mohamed Youssef, Abdelbaset S. El-Sorogy. Paleoecology of Benthic Foraminifera in Coral Reefs Recorded in the Jurassic Tuwaiq Mountain Formation of the Khashm Al-Qaddiyah Area, Central Saudi Arabia. Journal of Earth Science, 2015, 26(2): 224-235. doi: 10.1007/s12583-015-0529-8

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Mohamed Youssef, Abdelbaset S. El-Sorogy. Paleoecology of Benthic Foraminifera in Coral Reefs Recorded in the Jurassic Tuwaiq Mountain Formation of the Khashm Al-Qaddiyah Area, Central Saudi Arabia. Journal of Earth Science, 2015, 26(2): 224-235. doi: 10.1007/s12583-015-0529-8

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Mohamed Youssef, Abdelbaset S. El-Sorogy. Paleoecology of Benthic Foraminifera in Coral Reefs Recorded in the Jurassic Tuwaiq Mountain Formation of the Khashm Al-Qaddiyah Area, Central Saudi Arabia. Journal of Earth Science, 2015, 26(2): 224-235. doi: 10.1007/s12583-015-0529-8

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Paleoecology of Benthic Foraminifera in Coral Reefs Recorded in the Jurassic Tuwaiq Mountain Formation of the Khashm Al-Qaddiyah Area, Central Saudi Arabia

doi: 10.1007/s12583-015-0529-8

Mohamed Youssef^{1, 2
,},
Abdelbaset S. El-Sorogy^{1, 3}

1.
Department of Geology and Geophysics, College of Science, King Saud University, 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
2.
Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, South Valley University, Qena 83523, Egypt
3.
Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt

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Corresponding author: Mohamed Youssef
Received Date: 18 Jun 2014
Accepted Date: 15 Feb 2015
Publish Date: 01 Apr 2015

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Thirty three benthic foraminiferal species belong to 23 genera and 16 families have been recorded from the coral reefs of the Callovian Tuwaiq Formation, Khashm Al-Qaddiyah area, Central Saudi Arabia. Three species: Astacolus qaddiyahensis, Nodosaria riyadhensis, Siderolites jurassica are believed to be new. Nearly all identified foraminifera are of Atlantic-Miditeranean affinity. The foraminiferal assemblage recorded in the present work is mixed of open marine, moderately deep marine conditions associations and shallow to deep lagoon. The reefal part of upper Twiaq Formation may have been deposited in shallow water of lower to middle shelf depth (20–50 m) as indicated by abundant corals and benthic foraminifera. The coral fauna and bearing benthic foraminifera indicated moderate water energy.
- coral reef,
- benthic foraminifera,
- Jurassic,
- Tuwaiq Formation,
- Saudi Arabia

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