Kasimovian (late Pennsylvanian) cornute rugose corals from Egypt: taxonomy, facies and palaeogeography of a cool-water fauna from northern Gondwana

Abstract A strongly endemic Upper Pennsylvanian (Kasimovian) rugose coral association consisting of small, mostly non-dissepimented, simple structured and poorly diversified species is studied from the lower member of the Aheimer Formation (Western side of the Gulf of Suez, Egypt). The unit is compo...

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Main Authors: Heba El-Desouky, Hans-Georg Herbig, Mahmoud Kora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-11-01
Series:Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-023-00296-0