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

Notes to Comment on “Evolutionary trend of Cenomanian alveolinids from Zagros Basin, SW of Iran” by Consorti and Vicedo (2022) in Geological Journal

“…Cisalveolina lehneri has been studied in Iran by Consorti et al (2015), Dousti Mohajer, Afghah, Dehghanian, and Abyat (2021), Dousti Mohajer, Afghah, Dehghanian, and Sheikh Zakariaii (2021), and Khosrow‐Tehrani and Fonooni (1994) which was indicated as Late Cenomanian age. Other Late Cenomanian index species in these sections include Vidalina radoicicae , Murgenia apula , Daxia cenomana , Praealveolina tenuis , Praealveolina brevis and Coxites zubairensis (Afghah et al, 2014; Afghah & Fadaei, 2015; BouDagher‐Fadel, 2008; Boukhary, Ismail, & Ghandour, 2017; Dousti Mohajer, Afghah, Dehghanian, & Abyat, 2021; Dousti Mohajer, Afghah, Dehghanian, & Sheikh Zakariaii, 2021; Husinec et al, 2000) have been reported.…”

“…Calonge (1993) describes the evolutionary trend of Praealveolinids as follows: (a) P. iberica, (b) P. pennensis, (c) P. brevis, (d) P. debilis, (e) P. cretacea, and (f) P. tenuis. Afghah & Fadaei, 2015;BouDagher-Fadel, 2008;Boukhary, Ismail, & Ghandour, 2017;Dousti Mohajer, Afghah, Dehghanian, & Abyat, 2021;Dousti Mohajer, Afghah, Dehghanian, & Sheikh Zakariaii, 2021;Husinec et al, 2000) have been reported.…”

Changes in macrofaunal groups before, during and after the Cenomanian–Turonian biotic crisis in north Eastern Desert, Egypt

“…In Egypt, the OAE2 was reported based on the positive δ 13 C excursion, rather than the presence of organic-rich shales (El-Sabbagh et al 2011;Nagm et al 2014Nagm et al , 2021. Despite the extensive literature on the faunal content of the upper Cenomanian-lower Turonian deposits in north Eastern Desert (Kassab and Ismael 1996;Bauer et al 2001;Hewaidy et al 2003;Abdel-Gawad et al 2007;Boukhary et al 2009;El-Qot et al 2009;Shahin and El-Baz 2010;Nagm et al 2010a;Ayoub-Hannaa and Fürsich 2011;El-Sabbagh et al 2011;Nagm and Wilmsen 2012;Ayoub-Hannaa et al 2014;Nagm 2015;Boukhary et al 2017;Nagm 2019), these studies were mainly focused on the taxonomy of the faunal groups and biostratigraphic subdivision of the studied intervals, except for the work of Nagm et al (2021). Nagm et al (2021) provided only a general view of the faunal change across the OAE2 interval, without any detailed quantitative analysis of the faunal diversity change, extinction, and origination rates.…”