Zug el-Bahar section, sample 71 (Pleistocene of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (25.8° N, 34.4° E: paleocoordinates 25.8° N, 34.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Borelis schlumbergeri zone, Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; calcareous sandstone

• deposited under reefal conditions.
• 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 147648: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 10.07.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Nonion cf. asterizans
very rare specimens
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textularia spp. Defrance 1824
very rare specimens
 Biokovinacea - Charentiidae
Peneroplis pertusus
very rare specimens
  -
Valvulammina "sp. A"
very rare specimens
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Triloculina trigonula Lamarck 1804
uncommon specimens
 Miliolida - Alveolinidae
Borelis schlumbergeri
uncommon specimens
Borelis reicheli
uncommon specimens
Borelis cf. pygmaeus
uncommon specimens
Borelis haueri
very rare specimens
Borelis cf. costulatus
uncommon specimens
Foraminifera
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
Carpenteria proteiformis
common specimens
 Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae
Amphistegina cf. trilobata
uncommon specimens
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
Elphidium macellum
very rare specimens
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Amphiroa droogeri
very rare specimens
Amphiroa prefragilissima Johnson 1964
common specimens
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Mesophyllum barkoukyi
common specimens
unclassified
  -
Mollusca indet. Linnaeus 1758
abundant specimens
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
common specimens
Anthozoa
 Hexacorallia -
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral
abundant specimens