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Foraminifers from the Clay Pulp of the Shugo Mud Volcano, Taman Peninsula

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A foraminifer assemblage has been studied from clay pulp of the Shugo mud volcano in the Kerch–Taman volcanic area (Taman Peninsula) to refine the stratigraphic section of this region. The mud volcanic breccia contains the foraminifera shells of the Miocene, middle Eocene (Lutetian), and Late Carboniferous (Santonian, Campanian, Maastrichtian) species. The shells of the Neogene and Paleogene foraminifers exhibit good preservation. The worse preservation of the Cretaceous shells can be related to the composition of host rocks, which probably include terrigenous and carbonate-terrigenous turbidites. The finding of relict Late Cretaceous and Middle Eocene foraminifers in the clay pulp indicate the presence of sequences of this age in the section.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are sincerely grateful to A.Yu. Bychkov for help in organization of field works, reviewers V.S. Vishnevskaya and E.M. Tesakova for significant remarks, which helped us to improve the manuscript, and P.A. Poroshina for consultation during the determination of spiral foraminifer shells. We also thank the Orlov Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences for the use of the Tescan Vega3 SEM.

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Kopaevich, L.F., Bugrova, E.M., Latypova, M.R. et al. Foraminifers from the Clay Pulp of the Shugo Mud Volcano, Taman Peninsula. Moscow Univ. Geol. Bull. 77, 359–371 (2022). https://doi.org/10.3103/S014587522204007X

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