A New Hiatus within the Lutetian of the El Basatin Section,Gebel Mokattam, Egypt:Field and Sedimentological Observations, with Special Emphasis on Nummulites

The Eocene succession of the El Basatin Section in Gebel Mokattam, east of Cairo, consists, from base to top, of two main units; the Mokattam and Maadi Formations. The Mokattam Formation consists of two Members, the Building Stone Member and the Giushi Member. The Upper Building Stone Member yielded six species of Nummulites belonging to the Upper Lutetian. These species are: Nummulites farisi Hussein et al., 2004; Nummulites cf. praegizehensis Boukhary and Hussein-Kamel, 1993; Nummulites cf. gizehensis(Forsk?l, 1775); Nummulites discorbinus(Schlotheim 1820) and Arxina schwageri(Silvestri, 1928) emended by Boukhary et al. 2012 and Nummulites crassichordatus Boukhary et al., 2010. The Giushi Member yielded three species that indicate a Bartonian age. These species, which continued from their first appearance in the Upper Building Stone Members, are N. discorbinus, A. schwageri and N. crassichordatus. The Maadi Formation, which has been previously considered to be of Bartonian–Priabonian age, is devoid of fossils in the study section. The two members of the Mokattam Formation represent a carbonate platform facies. The deposition of the Upper Building Stone Member was disturbed during the Lutetian by slumping and a convolute-bedding interval, indicating a short hiatus. The subsequent regression resulted in a very shallow marine to near-shore facies in the above Maadi Formation.

Discovery of Two New Peculiar Subgenera and Two New Species of Tipula Linnaeus,1758(Diptera,Tipulidae)from Baltic Amber

Two new fossil subgenera and two new fossil species of the genus Tipula Linnaeus,1758,Tipula(Succinica)berendti subgen.and sp.n.and Tipula(Gedanica)adamowiczi subgen.and sp.n.,are described from Baltic amber and compared with other species of Tipula known from the Eocene.The two new subgenera and species described herein are an excellent bridge between recent specimens and those preserved in sedimentary rocks,and thus enrich knowledge on the evolution of the family.

藏南岗巴—定日地区始新世微体化石与特提斯的消亡

印度与亚洲板块之间的碰撞也许是自中生代末期以来所发生的意义最为深远的构造事件 ,但目前对于碰撞的起始时间尤其是陆间海相沉积最终消亡的时间的把握仍十分不确定。西藏特提斯晚期演化史的研究及其封闭时间的确定 ,可为印度与亚洲碰撞发生过程的研究提供极为重要的直接性的依据。藏南地区发育着西藏地区最晚期的海相沉积 ,岗巴—定日地区曾是西藏特提斯演化晚期——残留海盆的居留地 ,可提供关于西藏特提斯演化晚期及其最终封闭时间的良好信息。对岗巴—定日地区内始新世地层剖面作了极为详细的研究工作 ,发现并鉴定了数量较为丰富的微体化石 ,在此基础上对西藏特提斯晚期沉积环境的演变进行了较为详细的分析 ,认为岗巴地区遮普惹组砂页岩段的时代与定日遮普惹组砂页岩段的时代相同或略晚于后者 ,两者基本上属同期异相沉积 ,含相同的浮游有孔虫 Morozovella spinulosa- Acarinina bullbrooki组合 ;藏南最高海相层——遮普惹组砂页岩段顶部的时代应为晚始新世 Priabonian早期 ,它代表着西藏—特提斯海在藏南最终消亡的时间。