Cenomanian marine carbonates in the northern flank of dj. Bou Arif are composed of two members showing different features : member Touil, with dominance of marl facies and member Dellal, composed of marl-limestone complex, wherein the beds of limestone vary in thickness from a few centimeters to several decimeters. These members are superimposed to constitute the Fahdene formation.\nThe micropaleontological study in the Cenomanian of Bou Arif proved the existence of 36 species of foraminifera (17 planktonic and 19 benthic) and 11 ostracods. Benthic foraminifera and ostracods have been used mainly as paleoecological tools and/ or as witnesses to environmental conditions. The biostratigraphic study is based, essentially, on the detailed analysis of planktonic foraminifera and the ammonites collected in the field. Applying the concepts of biostratigraphy allowed to distinguish different planktonic biozones, ranging from The Vraconien Thalmanninella appenninica IZ, the lower Cenomanian to the basal part of the middle Cenomanian Thalmanninella brotzeni IZ, the middle Cenomanian Thalmanninella reicheli IZ and the upper parte of middle Cenomanian to the lower parte of upper Cenomanian Rotalipora cushmani TRZ.\nCenomanian strata of Bou Arif section are composed of medium- to thick-bedded, mostly grainy limestones with various skeletal (bivalves, foraminifera and echinoderms) and nonskeletal (ooliths, peloids) components. Facies analysis documents low- to high-energy environments, including lagoonal, barrier, and open-marine facies.\nThe vertical distribution pattern in the measured section suggests a third-order depositional sequence constitutes of two transgressive-regressive sequences (BS1 & BS2). Each sequence is caracterized by Transgressive system tracts (TST) within typically show retrogradation deposits from lagoonal to deep open marine facies; the latter usually include the maximum flooding (MFZ). During Highstand systems tracts (HST), there is a progradation of facies from deep- and shallow marine facies were gradationally overlain by shallow marine barrier and lagoonal facies in shallowing-upward trends.