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The environments, favorable for the development of benthic microfauna were predominant in the Jurassic Sea in the northeastern part of the Ulyanovsk–Saratov Trough (Russian Platform). Such parameters as the distribution and the taxonomic composition of the assemblage of Jurassic benthic foraminifers, their abundance, generic and species diversity, the occurrence of new species, a ratio of species with agglutinating and calcareous shells serve as a basis for developing the paleobathymetric zonation of the basin. The tracing of the variations in these parameters through the section enables us to construct a quantity paleobathymetric curve for the Middle-Late Jurassic and to distinguish the sequence–stratigraphic elements.
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The work is performed according to the Russian Government Program of Competitive Growth of Kazan Federal University. The work was supported by the Ministry of Science and High Education of the Russian Federation contract no. 14.Y26.31.0029 in the framework of the Resolution no. 220 of the Government of the Russian Federation. The research was funded by the subsidy allocated to Kazan Federal University for the state assignment no. 5.2192.2017/4.6 in the sphere of scientific activities.
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Zorina, S.O. Paleobathymetric Zonation of the Middle–Upper Jurassic Deposits in the Ulyanovsk–Saratov Trough (Russian Platform) Based on Benthic Foraminifers. Paleontol. J. 53, 927–932 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030119090211
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