Zug el-Bahar section, sample 16 (Miocene of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (25.8° N, 34.4° E: paleocoordinates 24.7° N, 33.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: "Neoalveolina" melo zone, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; calcareous sandstone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: F. J. Souaya. 1963. Micropaleontology of four sections south of Qoseir, Egypt. Micropaleontology 9(3):233-266 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 147620: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 10.07.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
? Dermatolithon papillosum, Lithophyllum prelichenoides, Lithophyllum capederi, Lithophyllum ghorabi
? Dermatolithon papillosum
very rare specimens
Lithophyllum prelichenoides Lemoine 1917
rare specimens
Lithophyllum capederi Lemoine 1925
common specimens
Lithophyllum ghorabi Souaya 1963
very rare specimens
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
? Mesophyllum cf. commune, "Lithothamnium magnum" = Lithothamnion
? Mesophyllum cf. commune Lemoine 1939
very rare specimens
"Lithothamnium magnum" = Lithothamnion
rare specimens
Globothalamea
 Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
? Gypsina cf. vesicularis
? Gypsina cf. vesicularis
very rare specimens
Foraminifera
  - Spiroplectamminidae
Spiroplectammina cf. carinata
Spiroplectammina cf. carinata d'Orbigny 1846
very rare specimens
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Bigenerina cf. nodosaria, Textularia spp.
Bigenerina cf. nodosaria
very rare specimens
Textularia spp. Defrance 1824
rare specimens
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Operculina sp.
Operculina sp.
very rare specimens