Gebel Aroussieh (Small Fossils) (Jurassic of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (30.6° N, 33.3° E: paleocoordinates 10.4° N, 27.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

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 171222: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 04.07.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Ataphridae
Ataphrus asiaticus n. sp. Douvillé 1916 snail
 Trochoidea - Nododelphinulidae
Amphitrochus mogharensis n. sp. Douvillé 1916 snail
 Vetigastropoda - Discohelicidae
Discohelix elegantula n. sp. Douvillé 1916 snail
 Heterostropha - Cylindrobullinidae
"? Cylindrites sp." = Rugalindrites
"? Cylindrites sp." = Rugalindrites Gründel and Nützel 2012 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
"Alaria armata" = Dicroloma armata
"Alaria armata" = Dicroloma armata Morris and Lycett 1851 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Procerithiidae
 Cerithioidea - Cryptaulacidae
Exelissa solitudinis n. sp. Douvillé 1916 snail
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte pisiformis Sowerby 1840 clam
Terebrella
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? Terebrella sp. Andreae 1887
Terebrella laevis n. sp. Douvillé 1916