Bispiraloconulus serbicus Schlagintweit, Bucur & Sudar, 2019 (arborescent benthic foraminifer) and Torremiroella hispanica Brun & Canérot, 1979 from the Late Barremian of Kopet-Dagh Sedimentary Basin (NE Iran) and their palaeobiogeographic revisions

  • Morteza Taherpour-Khalil-Abad Young Researchers and Elite Club, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran
  • Jafar Taheri Geological Survey of Iran, NE territory, Mashhad, Iran
  • Mahmoud Reza MaJidifard Institutes for Earth Sciences, Geological Survey of Iran, Tehran, Iran
  • Zinat Hassanzadeh Institutes for Earth Sciences, Geological Survey of Iran, Tehran, Iran
  • Ivana Carević University of Belgrade - Faculty of Geography, Studentski trg 3/3, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/GABP1902039T
Keywords: Benthic foraminifera, Early Cretaceous, Tirgan Formation, Kopet-Dagh, Iran

Abstract

During micropaleontological investigations on the Lower Cretaceous successions of the Tirgan Formation in Kopet-Dagh sedimentary basin, some new achievements are yielded. in this regards, the first occurrence of Bispiraloconulus serbicus Schlagintweit, Bucur & Sudar in close association with Torremiroella hispanica Brun & Canérot is reported for the first time from the Upper Barremian of Kopet-Dagh sedimentary basin (NE Iran). The biostratigraphic investigations were carried out on a 197.5 m thick Gelian stratigraphic succession cropping out along the Tirgan Formation located 35 km southwest of Shirvan town. This study reviews the palaeogeographical distribution and age of Bispiraloconulus serbicus Schlagintweit, Bucur & Sudar and Torremiroella hispanica Brun & Canérot along the northern Tethyan margins and extends its palаeobiogeographical existence.

Published
2019-12-23
How to Cite
Taherpour-Khalil-Abad, M., Taheri, J., Reza MaJidifard, M., Hassanzadeh, Z. and Carević, I. (2019) “Bispiraloconulus serbicus Schlagintweit, Bucur & Sudar, 2019 (arborescent benthic foraminifer) and Torremiroella hispanica Brun & Canérot, 1979 from the Late Barremian of Kopet-Dagh Sedimentary Basin (NE Iran) and their palaeobiogeographic revisions”, Geološki anali Balkanskoga poluostrva, 80(2), pp. 39-51. doi: 10.2298/GABP1902039T.
Issue
Vol 80 No 2 (2019): Geološki anali Balkanskoga poluostrva
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Original Scientific Paper

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