Zug el-Bahar section, sample 44 (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: perireef or subreef; conglomerate

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 147633: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 10.07.2013

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Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Biokovinacea - Charentiidae
Peneroplis pertusus
very rare specimens
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Pyrgo cf. bulloides
very rare specimens
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina laevigata
uncommon specimens
Miliolinella circularis
very rare specimens