Some records Ostracod species of genus Paijenborchellina from the Middle Miocene Fat'ha Formation, Eastern Butmah Anticline, Northwestern Mosul City, Iraq

Abstract

Through a comprehensive taxonomic study of the ostracoda fossils in Fat'ha Formation in the stratigraphic section exposed within the eastern limb of Butmah anticline northwestern Mosul city, several genera and their belonging species of ostracoda have been identified from this previously unexamined section in terms of fossils. However, the focus in this research is on the genus Paijenborchellina and its species as it indicates an important environmental, age and geographical indications Six species belonging to this genus have been diagnosed as follows: Paijenborchellina keeni Gammudi & Keen, Paijenborchellina libyca Szczechura, ا عاونا ضعب سنجل Paijenborchellina ةحتف نيوكت يف طسولاا نيسوياملا نم ةلجسملا ..... 2 Paijenborchellina cf. kausalis Khalaf, Paijenborchellina (Eupaijenborchella) iraqensis Khalaf, Paijenborchella (Eupaijenborchella) prona Lyubimova and Guha, and Paijenborchella (Eupaijenborchella) royi Khosla.