Table 3 Statistically recognized benthic foraminifera biofacies and their interpreted paleoenvironmental settings.

From: Sequence stratigraphy of the syn-rift miocene succession in the Abu Rudeis-Sidri Field, Gulf of Suez, Egypt

Biofacies	Species	Oxygenation	Life Habitat	Diversity		P/B %	Calc./Aggl	Environmental Condition	Paleoenvironment
Biofacies	Species	Oxygenation	Life Habitat	Fisher’s α	Dominance	P/B %	Calc./Aggl	Environmental Condition	Paleoenvironment
w1	Bathysiphon taurinensis	Dysoxic	Epifaunal/shallow infaunal	2.04 to 3.9	0.11 to 0.15	50 to 80	Aggl.	Low oxic	Outer shelf to upper slope (<200 m)
	Dentalina baggi	Dysoxic	Infaunal				Calc.
	Nodosaria catenulata var.continuicosta	Suboxic	Epifaunal/shallow infaunal				Calc.
	Lenticulina smileyi	Oxic	Epifaunal				Calc.
	Bulimina pupoides	Dysoxic	Infaunal				Calc.
	Buliminella elegantissima	Dysoxic	Infaunal				Calc.
	Buliminella subfusiformis	Dysoxic	Infaunal				Calc.
	Uvigerina senticosa	Dysoxic	Infaunal				Calc.
	Uvigerina venusta	Dysoxic	Infaunal				Calc.
	Valvulineria minuta	Dysoxic	Epifaunal				Calc.
	Chilostomella ovoidea	Oxic/dysoxic	Epifaunal/shallow infaunal				Calc.
2	Bolivina dilatate	Dysoxic	Infaunal	0.1 to 2	0.1 to 0.12	10 to 25	Calc.	Dysoxic to oxic	Inner shelf (0–50 m)
	Bolivina superba	Dysoxic	Infaunal				Calc.
	Bulimina sp1	Dysoxic	Infaunal				Calc.
	Eponoides sp	Oxic	Epifaunal				Calc.
	Discorbis obtuse	Oxic	Epifaunal				Calc.
	Cibicides dutemplei	Oxic	Epifaunal				Calc.
	Nonion scapha	Suboxic	Epifaunal/shallow infaunal				Calc.
	Pseudononion basispinata	Suboxic	Epifaunal/shallow infaunal				Calc.
3	Quiquiloculina seminula	Oxic	Epifaunal	0.2 to 1.5	0.09–0.1.09.1	10 to 15	Calc.	Oxic to low dysoxic	Shelf lagoon (0–5 m)
	Spiroloculina tenuis	Oxic	Epifaunal				Calc.
	Cibicides praecinctus	Oxic	Epifaunal				Calc.
	Epistominella smithi	Oxic	Epifaunal				Calc.
4	Ammobaculites sp	Dysoxic	Epifaunal/shallow infaunal	1.5 to 3.4	0.11 to 0.2	46 to 72	Aggl.	Low oxic	Middle to outer shelf (50-150m)
	Nodosaria ovicula	Suboxic	Epifaunal/shallow infaunal				Calc.
	Loxostomoides digitata	Dysoxic	Epifaunal/shallow infaunal				Aggl.
	Bolivina conica	Dysoxic	Epifaunal/shallow infaunal				Calc.
	Nonionella miocenica	Dysoxic	Epifaunal/shallow infaunal				Calc.
5	Lenticulina budensis	Oxic	Epifaunal	2.9 to 3.4	0.11 to 0.14	60 to 80	Calc.	Suboxic to oxic	Middle shelf (50–100 m)
	Lenticulina hughesi	Oxic	Epifaunal				Calc.
	Bolivina saidi	Dysoxic	Infaunal				Calc.
	Gyroidina sp1	Suboxic	Epifaunal				Calc.
	Gyroidina sp2.	Suboxic	Epifaunal				Calc.
6	Haplophragmides sp	Oxic/dysoxic	Epifaunal/shallow infaunal	1.6 to 2.4	0.13 to 0.2	53 to 83	Aggl.	Low oxic	Middle shelf (50–100 m)
6	Lagena apiopleura	Suboxic	Shallow infaunal	1.6 to 2.4	0.13 to 0.2	53 to 83	Calc.	Low oxic	Middle shelf (50–100 m)
7	Cyclammina incisa	Suboxic	Infaunal	1.6 to 3.1	0.12 to 0.16	70 to 75	Calc.	Suboxic to oxic	Middle shelf (50–100 m)
	Baggina regularis	Suboxic	Infaunal				Calc.
	Eponoides repandus	Oxic	Epifaunal				Calc.
8	Bolivina pseudospissa	Dysoxic	Infaunal	0.7 to 1.6	0.16 to 0.3	68 to 71	Calc.	Dysoxic	Outer shelf to upper slope (<200 m)
8	Uvigerina subperegrina	Dysoxic	Infaunal	0.7 to 1.6	0.16 to 0.3	68 to 71	Calc.	Dysoxic	Outer shelf to upper slope (<200 m)
9	Bolivina brevior	Dysoxic	Infaunal	0.1 to 1.9	0.09 to 0.1	10 to 20	Calc.	Dysoxic to oxic	Inner shelf (0–50 m)
	Globocassidulina monicana	Dysoxic	infaunal/epifaunal				Calc.
	Cibicides ellisi ellisi	Oxic	Epifaunal				Calc.
10	Bolivina fastigia	Dysoxic	Infaunal	2.4 to 3.2	0.18 to 0.2	58 to 75	Calc.	Dysoxic	Middle to outer shelf (50–150 m)
	Cassidulina cruysi	Dysoxic	Infaunal/epifaunal				Calc.
	Uvigerina barbatula	Dysoxic	Infaunal				Calc.

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Table 3 Statistically recognized benthic foraminifera biofacies and their interpreted paleoenvironmental settings.

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