Palaeozoogeography of Shallow Marine Ostracoda from Holocene Sediments-Southern Iraq

Abstract

The Holocene palaeozoogeography of southern Iraq (Southern Mesopotamian Basin) have been studied according to the distribution of thirteen species of shallow marine ostracoda belonging to twelve genera. Their distributary patterns have indicated the possible and probable migratory routes of ostracoda during the Late cenozoic from the center of speciation (East Indian Province) towards Arabian Gulf and Southern Iraq within the tropical Indo-Pacific bio - provionce.