Coxites zubairensis Smout, 1956: a new record from Late Cenomanian of the Southern Galala Plateau, Egypt

Abstract

Coxites zubairensis Smout 1956 is documented from the upper Cenomanian Galala Formation, Umm Khayshar stratigraphic section, Southern Galala Plateau, Eastern Desert, Egypt, and treated systematically.

Keywords:

• Benthic foraminifera
• systematic paleontology
• Nezzazatidae
• Cenomanian
• Southern Galala
• Egypt

Acknowledgments

The authors thank Professor Omar Cherif, Egyptian National Authority of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (NARSS), Egypt, Dr. Marcelle Boudagher Fadel, Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, London, UK, and Professor Michael A. Kaminski, Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, London for reviewing the manuscript. It was substantially improved by their suggestions.