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Gusicella SCHLAGINTWEIT & RASHIDI, 2021 (type species Dictyoconella minima HENSON, 1948), Upper Cretaceous Larger Benthic Foraminifer and its species

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Based on new material from the middle to upper Cenomanian Natih Formation (members A and B) from Oman, the little-known species Gusicella minima (Henson), originally described from the Mishrif Formation of Qatar (Dukhan wells) is redescribed. Late Maastrichtian specimens from the Tarbur Formation of SW Iran previously assigned to the Cenomanian species display a more complex marginal zone and are therefore introduced as Gusicella complexa Schlagintweit & Rashidi sp. nov. Representatives of Gusicella have so far only been reported from the Arabian Plate, showing its endemic character. There is no record of the genus so far from the Turonian to early Maastrichtian interval.

Source: Carnets de géologie (Notebooks on geology)

DOI: 10.2110/carnets.2025.2514

Authors: Felix Schlagintweit, Vicent Vicedo, Koorosh Rashidi, Gianluca Frijia, Lorenzo Consorti

Institutions: Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, Yazd University, University of Ferrara, AREA Science Park, Istituto di Scienze Marine del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

Language: English

Topic: Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Subfield: Paleontology

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4416039435

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