Zug el-Bahar section, sample 43 (Pliocene of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (25.8° N, 34.4° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 24.7° N, 34.5° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Archaias aduncus zone, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; marl

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 147632: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 10.07.2013

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
Amphiroa prefragilissima Johnson 1964
uncommon specimens
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textularia spp. Defrance 1824
very rare specimens
 Biokovinacea - Charentiidae
Peneroplis pertusus
uncommon specimens
Globothalamea
 Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
? Acervulina inhaerens
common specimens
Gypsina cf. vesicularis
common specimens
Gypsina globulus
very rare specimens
Foraminifera
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
Carpenteria proteiformis
common specimens
 Planorbulinacea - Planorbulinidae
Planorbulina mediterranensis d'Orbigny 1826
uncommon specimens
 Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae
Amphistegina cf. trilobata
abundant specimens
  -
Ophthalmidium spp. Kübler and Zwingli 1870
uncommon specimens
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Triloculina trigonula Lamarck 1804
uncommon specimens
Quinqueloculina spp. d'Orbigny 1826
common specimens
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Pyrgo cf. bulloides
uncommon specimens
 Miliolida - Soritidae
Archaias aduncus
common specimens
 Miliolida - Peneroplidae
Spirolina arietina
common specimens
 Miliolida - Alveolinidae
Borelis melo
common specimens
Borelis haueri
common specimens
Borelis cf. costulatus
uncommon specimens