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Evolutionary lineage of the Maastrichtian Bolivinoides draco group (benthic foraminifera) in Abu Zenima section, west central Sinai, Egypt

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Three subspecies belong to middle-late Maastrichtian Bolivinoides draco group (B. draco aegyptiacus, B. d. draco, and B. d. dorreeni) are described of which one is new: Bolivinoides draco aegyptiacus from Abu Zenima section, west central Sinai, Egypt. This new subspecies differs from the other Bolivinoidid taxa in possessing well-developed two divergent medial longitudinal ribs along the smooth test surface, with another one rib in the central part between them. In this study, the early Maastrichtian B. miliaris is not related to this group. The other evolutionary trends are also distinguished and the paleogeographic distributions of Bolivinoides members in the Middle East are presented.

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Acknowledgements

I am indebted to the editorial staff of the AJGS for their critical revising of the manuscript. The author is grateful to the staff members of the SEM Lab, Yarmouk University, Jordan, for providing access to photograph the new subspecies and to Prof. H. P. Luterbacher, Tubingen University, Germany, for the permission to photograph the other two valid subspecies.

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Anan, H.S. Evolutionary lineage of the Maastrichtian Bolivinoides draco group (benthic foraminifera) in Abu Zenima section, west central Sinai, Egypt. Arab J Geosci 10, 431 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-017-3219-2

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