Zug el-Bahar section, sample 60 (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; 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 147641: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 10.07.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Archaeolithothamnium cf. erythraeum, Amphiroa sp., Amphiroa prefragilissima, Dermatolithon papillosum, Lithophyllum prelichenoides
Amphiroa sp. Lamoroux 1812
uncommon specimens
Amphiroa prefragilissima Johnson 1964
common specimens
Dermatolithon papillosum
uncommon specimens
Lithophyllum prelichenoides Lemoine 1917
common specimens
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina spp.
Quinqueloculina spp. d'Orbigny 1826
uncommon specimens
 Miliolida - Peneroplidae
Spirolina cf. arietina
Spirolina cf. arietina
very rare specimens
 Miliolida - Alveolinidae
Borelis reicheli, Borelis cf. pygmaeus
Borelis reicheli
very rare specimens
Borelis cf. pygmaeus
very rare specimens
Foraminifera
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
Carpenteria proteiformis
Carpenteria proteiformis
common specimens