Late Cretaceous to Early Eocene Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy of the Rakhi Nala Area, Sulaiman Range, Pakistan

Abstract

  Shaly intervals from Late Cretaceous to Early Eocene sediments of the Rakhi Nala Section (Sulaiman Range) were analysed for the foraminiferal microfauna (planktons, smaller and larger benthics). The faunal record is interpreted for the precise age and paleoenvironments. These fresh results, in the light of modem biostratigraphic knowledge, are compared with the previous biostratigraphic informations available about this area. Several discrepancies regarding the litho and biostratigraphy from the previous literature were addressed and tried to remove.