A new species of the genus Hippuritella Douvillé, 1908 from the Maastrichtian of south Yemen and northern Somalia

  • José María Pons Departament de Geologia, Facultat de Ciéncies, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
  • Sandro Reali Agip SpA, Milano, Italy
  • Dario Sartorio Agip SpA, Milano, Italy
Keywords: Hippuritella, Hippuritella Toucasi (d´Orbigny), Maastrichtian, Yemen, Somalia, rudists.

Abstract

Hippuritella sharwaynensis sp. nov. is described from the Maastrichtian (Sharwayn Formation) of Yemen; this species also occurs in the lower part of the Auradu limestones in northern Somalia, from where two badly preserved specimens were odentified as Hippuritella sp. gr. Toucasi (d´Orbigny) by the first autor… in order to continue, download the full paper in PDF.

Published
2019-02-21
Issue
Vol 12 No 2 (1995)
Section
Regular Papers

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