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Journal of Micropalaeontology

J. Micropalaeontol.

2041-4978

GSL Publishing

Göttingen, Germany

10.1144/jm.12.2.175

Smaller Benthonic Foraminifera from the Gahodleh Shales (Late Jurassic) of Somalia, and their Stratigraphic Significance

Jones

Robert Wynn

BP Exploration (Frontier & International), 5 Long Walk, Stockley Business Park, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UBll lBP, UK

01 12 1993

12 2 175 180

1993

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The smaller benthonic foraminifera identified by MacFadyen (1935) from the Gahodleh Shales of the former British Somaliland are reviewed, and several species are reidentified. The stratigraphie implications are discussed.

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