<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The present paper discusses foraminiferal assemblages and biozones established on the basis of studies of samples from ten borehole sequences of the Khanty-Mansiysk Horizon in the Samotlor area of the northern palaeobiogeographical district of western Siberia (Russia). In this region, middle and late Albian foraminiferal assemblages were first distinguished in western Siberia. Levels from which these assemblages have been recovered, are here referred to the following foraminiferal zones, the Ammobaculites fragmentarius-Gaudryinopsis filiformis Zone (middle Albian) and the Ammotium braunsteini-Verneuilinoides borealis assanoviensis Zone (upper Albian). Zonal assemblages are dominated by representatives of the orders Ammodiscida, Textulariida and Ataxophragmiida. Species of the ataxophragmiid genera Verneuilinoides, Pseudoverneuilina and Gaudryinopsis are the most characteristic, inclusive of several key index forms. Foraminiferal tests consist of agglutinated quartz-silica, the wall microstructure being almost exclusively medium and coarse grained. In specific composition, the Albian assemblages from the Samotlor area are similar to those from Transuralia (Russia) and to the Canadian Province, which, together with West-Siberian Province, forms the Arctic palaeobiogeographical realm</p></abstract>

The present paper discusses foraminiferal assemblages and biozones established on the basis of studies of samples from ten borehole sequences of the Khanty-Mansiysk Horizon in the Samotlor area of the northern palaeobiogeographical district of western Siberia (Russia). In this region, middle and late Albian foraminiferal assemblages were first distinguished in western Siberia. Levels from which these assemblages have been recovered, are here referred to the following foraminiferal zones, the Ammobaculites fragmentarius-Gaudryinopsis filiformis Zone (middle Albian) and the Ammotium braunsteini-Verneuilinoides borealis assanoviensis Zone (upper Albian). Zonal assemblages are dominated by representatives of the orders Ammodiscida, Textulariida and Ataxophragmiida. Species of the ataxophragmiid genera Verneuilinoides, Pseudoverneuilina and Gaudryinopsis are the most characteristic, inclusive of several key index forms. Foraminiferal tests consist of agglutinated quartz-silica, the wall microstructure being almost exclusively medium and coarse grained. In specific composition, the Albian assemblages from the Samotlor area are similar to those from Transuralia (Russia) and to the Canadian Province, which, together with West-Siberian Province, forms the Arctic palaeobiogeographical realm

New data on middle and late Albian foraminifera and biostratigraphy of the northern palaeobiogeographical district of western Siberia

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Geologos

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The present paper discusses foraminiferal assemblages and biozones established on the basis of studies of samples from ten borehole sequences of the...

New data on middle and late Albian foraminifera and biostratigraphy of the northern palaeobiogeographical district of western Siberia

Published Online: Apr 07, 2015

Page range: 71 - 78

Received: Dec 06, 2013

Accepted: Jan 15, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/logos-2015-0004

Keywords
foraminifera, biostratigraphy, Albian, West-Siberian Province

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

New data on middle and late Albian foraminifera and biostratigraphy of the northern palaeobiogeographical district of western Siberia

Published Online: Apr 07, 2015

Page range: 71 - 78

Received: Dec 06, 2013

Accepted: Jan 15, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/logos-2015-0004

Keywordsforaminifera, biostratigraphy, Albian, West-Siberian Province

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
foraminifera, biostratigraphy, Albian, West-Siberian Province