Where: Egypt (30.7° N, 33.5° E: paleocoordinates 7.7° N, 27.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Albian (109.0 - 105.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone and lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Primary reference: N. M. Aboul Ela, G. L. Abdel-Gawad, and M. F. Aly. 1991. Albian fauna of Gabal Manzour, Maghara area, north Sinai, Egypt. Journal of African Earth Sciences 13(2):201-220 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 98326: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.10.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
"Pseudodiadema libanoticum" = Loriolidiadema libanoticum
"Pseudodiadema libanoticum" = Loriolidiadema libanoticum de Loriol 1887 sea urchin | |
Toxaster lamberti heart urchin
Toxaster lyonsi heart urchin | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Neposiella nepos" = Neosilesites
"Neposiella nepos" = Neosilesites ammonite | |
Puzosia lata Seitz 1931 ammonite | |
Knemiceras rittmanni Mahmoud 1955 ammonite
Knemiceras spathi Mahmoud 1955 ammonite
Knemiceras deserti Mahmoud 1955 ammonite | |
Phylloceras semistriatum d'Orbigny 1840 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Nucula (Nucula) margaritifera Douvillé 1916 nut clam | |
Neithea (Neithea) syriaca Conrad 1852 scallop | |
"Exogyra arduennensis" = Rhynchostreon mermeti, "Exogyra complicata" = Ceratostreon flabellatum
"Exogyra arduennensis" = Rhynchostreon mermeti Coquand 1862 oyster
"Exogyra complicata" = Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster | |
Ostrea pharaonis oyster | |
Protocardia (Protocardia) hillana Sowerby 1813 cockle | |
Epicyprina moreti clam | |
Flaventia brongniartina venus clam
"Meretrix" orientalis Douvillé 1916 venus clam | |
Megalocardia simplex clam | |
Venericardia deserti clam | |
Pterotrigonia acabra clam | |
Trigonia picteti Coquand 1865 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Pyrazus (Echinobathra) magharensis" = Echinobathra
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Ampullina clementina snail
Ampullina favorina snail |