PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF THE TETHYAN EARLY PALEOGENE ROTALIID BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL PAKISTANIAN GENUS ORNATANOMALINA AND OTHER RELATED GENERA

Abstract

Six Early Paleogene small Rotaliid benthic foraminiferal species of the genus Ornatanomalina Haque are common in Pakistan and some of them are recorded from some localities in the Southern Tethys (Iraq, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Nigeria), as well as Northern Tethys (Italy, France): O. acuta, O. crookshanki, O. elegantula, O. geei, O. glaessneri, O. hafeezi. Another one of the illustrated species of Pakistan is believed to be new: O. pakistanica Anan, n. sp. Moreover, another one species of the genus was recorded earlier from the Early Eocene rocks of the United Arab Emirates (UAE):O. ennakhali. The taxonomic status of the genus Ornatanomalina Haque with the other related genera, as Thalmannita (Bermúdez) and Saudella Hasson are also discussed.