Where: Egypt (30.6° N, 33.3° E: paleocoordinates 10.4° N, 27.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
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 171238: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 04.07.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Sphaera madagascariensis Newton 1889 clam | |
Pholadomya carinata, "Pholadomya inornata" = Homomya inornata
Pholadomya carinata Goldfuss 1838 clam
"Pholadomya inornata" = Homomya inornata Sowerby 1837 clam | |
"Gervillia orientalis n. sp." = Gervillella orientalis
"Gervillia orientalis n. sp." = Gervillella orientalis Douvillé 1916 oyster | |
"Liogryphaea costellata n. sp." = Gryphaea costellata
"Liogryphaea costellata n. sp." = Gryphaea costellata Douvillé 1916 oyster | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Rhynchonella orbignyi" = Septaliphoria orbignyana
"Rhynchonella orbignyi" = Septaliphoria orbignyana Oppel 1856 |