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Taxonomy and paleobiogeography of late Bathonian brachiopods from Gebel Engabashi, northern Sinai

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Howard R. Feldman ,
Vladan J. Radulović ,
Adel A. A. Hegab  and
Barbara V. Radulović
Howard R. Feldman
Affiliation:
Division of Paleontology (Invertebrates), American Museum of Natural History, 79th Street at Central Park West, New York, New York 10024–5192, USA,
Vladan J. Radulović
Affiliation:
Department of Paleontology, Faculty of Mining and Geology, University of Belgrade 6 Kamenička st. 6, P. O. Box 162, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia, ,
Adel A. A. Hegab
Affiliation:
Departmant of Geology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, 71516 Assiut, Egypt,
Barbara V. Radulović
Affiliation:
Department of Paleontology, Faculty of Mining and Geology, University of Belgrade 6 Kamenička st. 6, P. O. Box 162, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia, ,
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Abstract

A brachiopod fauna of late Bathonian age recovered from the Kehailia Formation from Gebel Engabashi in northern Sinai consists of six species (two rhynchonellids and four terebratulids) referred to six genera, of which one genus and two species are new: Globirhynchia sphaerica (Cooper, 1989) new combination, Daghanirhynchia angulocostata Cooper, 1989, Ectyphoria sinaiensis new species, Cooperithyris circularis new genus and species, and new material: Avonothyris species A, and Ptyctothyris species A. The brachiopods described herein comprise a fauna located at the northern part of the Indo–African Faunal Realm within the Jurassic Ethiopian Province. They extend the geographic distribution of those taxa that show great affinity with the Jurassic brachiopod fauna of Saudi Arabia described by Cooper (1989). Differentiation of the endemic faunas that is so characteristic of many of these Ethiopian Province faunas is becoming more well-defined.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 86 , Issue 2 , March 2012 , pp. 238 - 252
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