Gebel Aroussieh (Bajocian) (Jurassic of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (30.6° N, 33.3° E: paleocoordinates 10.5° N, 27.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bajocian (170.3 - 168.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, yellow limestone and lithified marl

• yellow limestone and intercalated marls

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, replaced with limonite

Collection methods: Repository: École des Mines de Paris (most likely)

Primary reference: H. Douvillé. 1916. Les terrains secondaires dans le massif du Moghara à l’Est de l’isthme de Suez. Mémoire de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris 54(2):1-184 [L. Bulot/L. Bulot/M. Manojlovic]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 170868: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 28.06.2015, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Trimarginia sinaitica n. gen. n. sp.
Trimarginia sinaitica n. gen. n. sp. Arkell 1952 ammonite
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
"Phylloceras (Triphyllites) disputabile" = Calliphylloceras disputabile
"Phylloceras (Triphyllites) disputabile" = Calliphylloceras disputabile Zittel 1869 ammonite