Gebel Aroussieh (Bajocian yellow limestone) (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

• yellow limestone

Size class: macrofossils

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 170870: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 28.06.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Phylloceras sp. Suess 1865 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Stephanoceratidae
Ermoceras inerme n. sp., "Ermoceras mogharense n. gen. n. sp." = Ermoceras (Ermoceras) mogharense, Thamboceras mirum n. gen. n. sp.
Ermoceras inerme n. sp. Douvillé 1916 ammonite
"Ermoceras mogharense n. gen. n. sp." = Ermoceras (Ermoceras) mogharense Douvillé 1916 ammonite
Thamboceras mirum n. gen. n. sp. Douvillé 1916 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Ancyloceratidae
Ancyloceras tenue d'Orbigny 1847 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Alaria granulosa Piette 1855 snail
 Heterostropha - Cylindrobullinidae
Cylindrites deserti n. sp. Douvillé 1916 snail
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiola solenoides Morris and Lycett 1853 mussel
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Arcomya deserti n. sp. Douvillé 1916 clam
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceromya (Ceromyopsis) rostrata n. sp. Douvillé 1916 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia hemisphaerica Lycett 1877 clam
Trigonia hemisphaerica var. asiatica