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New Genera of Foraminifera Identified for the Upper Badenian Deposits to the North-Eastern Part of the Moldavian Platform



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Bogdan-Adrian Ispas

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DOI:10.17265/2159-581X/2017.01.003

In the North-East of the Moldavian Platform, the upper Badenian is composed of three lithologic units, on top of which there is Limestones and Marls with Lithothamnium Formation. At the level of this formation, the geological research conducted in four localities near the Prut Valley demonstrated, based on two new foraminifera genera identified in this area—Oolina and Velapertina—favorable conditions for the development of the stenohaline fauna, a marine shelf environment with warm water, as well as the certitude regarding the age of the late Badenian for these. These results were not previously reported in this area.

Foraminifera, Moldavian Platform, upper Badenian, biostratigraphy, paleoecology.