Late Paleozoic foraminifera in Malaysia

For the first time, a high-resolution analysis related to the paleontological studies will be carried out on the Carboniferouslowermost Triassic succession in Peninsular Malaysia. This multifaceted research is planned to evaluate the concepts related to the combination of different sub-disciplines e.g. taxonomy, systematic paleontology, biostratigraphy, paleobiogeography, paleoecology, paleoenvironment, sedimentary petrography, and microfacies analysis on the carbonate and sandstone facies of the time interval from the uppermost Paleozoic to lowermost Mesozoic from the field sites in Peninsular Malaysia. This study, moreover, enhance our knowledge about the paleontological changes of foraminifera throughout the Carboniferousearliest Triassic, and after end-Permian crises in this area. The outcomes will also help to have a better comprehension of the climatic changes in marine environments during this time span. Examination of particular foraminiferal communities, besides, will present an independent perception for paleobiogeographical and paleoecological reconstructions in the Peninsular Malaysia, during this time interval, and principally after the end-Permian extinctions, which will also be important to recognize the global oceanic and climatic processes during this time. Correspondingly, the findings of this project will offer basic and new perception into the biostratigraphy of the Carboniferous lowermost Triassic interval in Southeast Asia. The anticipated findings on the PermianTriassic boundary (PTB), moreover, are particularly new, since, the PermianTriassic boundary (PTB) in Malaysia, despite decades of research, has not been located exactly to date, and the foraminiferal based studies on the end-Permian crises are almost unknown in this country. Consequently, the expected outcomes of this combined paleontological-stratigraphical research will significantly open a new insight into the biostratigraphy of the CarboniferousEarly Triassic foraminifera, as well as the extinction, survivorship, and evolution trends of these biota in the region under consideration after the end-Guadalupian mass extinction and the PermianTriassic boundary (PTB). Moreover, the results will contribute to a better understanding of the climatic and foraminiferal changes in marine environments following the end-Permian mass extinctions in Peninsular Malaysia. This project will be done in cooperation with researchers from France and Malaysia. This cooperation arrangement will take place with Professor Daniel Vachard of Université de Lille, Lille, France, and Dr. Meor Hakif, Department of Geology, University of Malaya, Malaysia.