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First record of Heterocorallia (Hexaphyllia Stuckenberg 1904) from the Lower Carboniferous (Viséan) of west-central Sinai, Egypt

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The first record of Heterocorallia anywhere in Egypt is in Early Carboniferous (Viséan) shallow-marine carbonates of the Um Bogma Formation in west-central Sinai. These strata contain the small, single heterocoral speciesHexaphyllia marginata (Fleming), for which we statistically document marked, intraspecific morphological variations.Hexaphyllia marginata has a global geographical distribution longitudinally but occurs only in the tropical and sub-tropical regions within a latitude range of about 30°N to 30°S. This first EgyptianHexaphyllia occurs with a particular association of exclusively non-dissepimented, small, solitary rugose corals, brachiopods, bryozoans, and other organisms. Small-sizeHexaphyllia marginata might have been so resistant palaeoecologically that they survived even in the unfavourable habitat conditions on an open, subtropical platform.

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Sobhy, M., Ezaki, Y. First record of Heterocorallia (Hexaphyllia Stuckenberg 1904) from the Lower Carboniferous (Viséan) of west-central Sinai, Egypt. Senckenbergiana lethaea 86, 1–21 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03043633

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