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Taxonomic reassessment and palaeobiogeographical patterns of some Miogypsinidae species, larger benthic foraminifera
Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, 44122 Ferrara, Italy
Juan Carlos Braga
Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología, Universidad de Granada, Campus Fuentenueva s/n, 18002 Granada, Spain
Shunichi Kinoshita
Faculty of Dinosaur Paleontology, Fukui Prefectural University, 4-1-1 Matsuoka, Eiheiji, Fukui 910-1195, Japan
Johannes Pignatti
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università “La Sapienza”, P. le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
Yasufumi Iryu
Advanced Institute for Marine Ecosystem Change (WPI-AIMEC), Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
Department of Earth Science, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Aobayama, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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Short summary
Based on type specimens, we reassess the larger benthic foraminifera Miogypsinella borodinensis, type of the genus, and Miogypsinoides lateralis. We show that two Miogypsinella species were widespread across the Indo-Pacific in the Chattian–Aquitanian, while another lived in the eastern Pacific. The latest Aquitanian Indonesian Seaway restriction and widespread deeper-water deposition on SE Asia carbonate platforms likely caused the extinction of the studied Indo-Pacific taxa.
Based on type specimens, we reassess the larger benthic foraminifera Miogypsinella borodinensis,...
