Upper Cenomanian – Lower Turonian (Cretaceous) calcareous algae from the Eastern Desert of Egypt: taxonomy and significance

An assemblage of calcareous algae (dasycladaleans and halimedaceans) is described from the Upper Cenomanian to Lower Turonian of the Galala and Maghra el Hadida formations (Wadi Araba, northern Eastern Desert, Egypt). The following taxa have been identified: Dissocladella sp., Neomeris mokragorensis...

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Main Authors: Ioan I. Bucur, Emad Nagm, Markus Wilmsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cluj University Press 2010-04-01
Series:Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai: Geologia
Online Access:http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/geologia/vol55/iss1/art4/