Fossil Algae and Biostratigraphy of the Middle Eocene Rock Succession at the Southeast of Minia, Nile Valley, Upper Egypt PDF

Keywords

algae, fossil, Egypt

Abstract

Twelve species of fossil algae recorded, here for the first time, from the Middle Eocene rocks of the area southeast of Minia, Nile Valley, Upper Egypt, are systematically studied. Five of these species belong to the red algae (Rhodophycophyta: families Corallinaceae and Solenoporaceae). Other six species belong to the green algae (Chlorophycophyta: families Codiaceac and Dasycladaceac) and one species of uncertain affinities. The distribution of the microfossil content, namely larger foraminifera and algae, of the Middle Eocene (Lutetian) rock succession lead to the recognition of five biozones through this section, of which two zones are established on the basis of floods of algal species.