Zug el-Bahar section, sample 54 (Pliocene of Egypt)
Where: Egypt (25.8° N, 34.4° E: paleocoordinates 25.6° N, 34.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Archaias aduncus zone, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; calcareous sandstone
• Limegrit
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 147637: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 10.07.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Amphiroa sp., Amphiroa prefragilissima, Dermatolithon papillosum, Lithophyllum prelichenoides, Lithophyllum ghorabi, Lithoporella melobesioides, "Lithothamnium magnum" = Lithothamnion
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Triloculina "sp. A", Triloculina tricarinata, Triloculina gibba, Triloculina trigonula, Quinqueloculina spp., Quinqueloculina laevigata, Schlumbergerina alveoliniformis
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