I'm just wondering if benthic foraminifera Gavelinella species extinct during the Cretaceous or not? if so could you please refer some papers, and if not could please also refer some papers?
Hello Majed,
concerning your question: a few "Cretaceous" representatives of Gavelinella were also reported in early Paleogene strata, e.g. Gavelinella mariae (Early Maastrichtian to Paleocene), Gavelinella pertusa (Late Turonian to Danian) ... You may check for instance Frenzel, P. 2000. Die benthischen Foraminiferen der Rügener Schreibkreide (Unter-Maastricht, NE-Deutschland). Neue Palä̈ontologische Abhandlungen 3: 1–361.
Best wishes,
Mike Reich, Munich
Majed:
Yes Gavelinella species do cross K/Pg boundary. Fairly common in Late Cretaceous but also occur in Palaeocene. Kindly see this link.
Chapter Danian-Selandian sea-level change and biotic excursion on th...
Yes, Gavelinella species were only known from Early Cretaceous – Paleocene strata so far ...
Best wishes,
Mike Reich, Munich
I recently found this :Gavelinella Brotzen, 1942 and Lingulogavelinella Malapris, 1969 (Foraminifera) from the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin. I found it very useful for me.
Dear....
Gavelinella have many species some of them,,, avnimelechei and beccarriformis, continued until the late paleocene
Dear Majed N. Turkistani
Genus: Gavelinella crossed the K/Pg boundary and continued until the late Paleocene. The extiction of some species (e.g., Gavelinella avnimelechi) is remarked at/ or slightly before the Paleocene- Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) or Benthic Extinction Event (BEE).
please try to refer to:
ALEGRET, L. and ORTIZ, S., 2006. Global extinction event in benthic
foraminifera across the Paleocene/Eocene boundary at the Dababiya
Stratotype section. Micropaleontology, 52 (5): 433–447.
ALEGRET, L., ORTIZ, S., ARENILLAS, I. and MOLINA, E., 2005.
Palaeoenvironmental turnover across the Palaeocene/Eocene boundary
at the Stratotype section in Dababiya (Egypt) based on benthic
foraminifera. Terra Nova, 17 (6): 526–536.
Dear Majed Turkistani
Your question has two aspects, u ask for general information you would know, Or you have some specimens in Paleocene, to be certain in 2nd case, i recommend to take a photo (even with digital camera) that could easily help
Please checked this article
Article Classification and evolutionary interpretation of late Turon...
yup, the genus did cross the K/T boundary - range apparently Early Cretaceous to Latest Palaeogene / Early Eocene in NW Europe.
The genus is also recorded from early Paleocene in East Coast Indian sedimentary basins
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