@article {8488,
	title = {Mixed marine, brackish water, non-marine, and subaerial microfaunal association in the Red Marls Formation of the Western Aur{\`e}s Basin (Upper Paleocene)},
	journal = {Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia },
	volume = {26},
	number = {3},
	year = {2023},
	abstract = {
	In the western part of the Aur{\`e}s Basin (northeastern Algeria), the Red Marls of El Kantara Formation records a mixed microfaunal association of non-marine-brackish ostracoda, marine foraminifera, lacustrine charophytes, and subaerial\&nbsp;Microcodiums. Based on the recovered biotic component, it is considered that the Red Marls of El-Kantara Formation date from the upper Paleocene (Thanetian). Seven species of brackish water (Neocyprideis raoi) and non-marine ostracoda (Frambocythere tumiensis anjarensis,\&nbsp;Paracypretta jonesi,\&nbsp;Paracypretta verruculosa,\&nbsp;Limnocythere deccanensis,\&nbsp;Darwinula torpedo\&nbsp;and\&nbsp;Zonocypris spirula), have been discovered for the first time in Algeria and on the south Tethyan margin. Paleoenvironmentally, the overall biotic assemblage recovered indicates the presence of a freshwater palustrine/lacustrine depositional system connected to a low energy stream/river. This indicates that marginal marine conditions were prevalent in northeastern Algeria{\textquoteright}s far inland regions. Paleobiogeographically, the seven known ostracod species have limited distributions that are until now common only with India. However, this disproved the theory that these species are endemic to the Indian Subcontinent, which is confirmed by their association with cosmopolitan charophytes.

},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.4072/rbp.2023.3.05},
	author = {Nahnah, Raouia and Benmansour, Sana}
}
