Zug el-Bahar section, sample 57 (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: Borelis cf. pygmaeus zone, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; conglomeratic 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 147638: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 10.07.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
Amphiroa prefragilissima Johnson 1964
common specimens
Lithophyllum prelichenoides Lemoine 1917
very rare specimens
Foraminifera
 Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae
Amphistegina cf. trilobata
common specimens
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Rotalia beccarii
very rare specimens
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina spp. d'Orbigny 1826
very rare specimens
 Miliolida - Alveolinidae
Borelis schlumbergeri
very rare specimens
Borelis reicheli
very rare specimens
Borelis cf. pygmaeus
uncommon specimens
Borelis haueri
common specimens
Borelis cf. costulatus
uncommon specimens
Foraminifera
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
Elphidium spp. Monfort 1808
uncommon specimens
Elphidium striatopunctatum
very rare specimens
Elphidium crispum
very rare specimens
 Biokovinacea - Charentiidae
Peneroplis pertusus
very rare specimens
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textularia spp. Defrance 1824
very rare specimens
unclassified
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Mollusca indet. Linnaeus 1758
very rare specimens