Gebel Aroussieh (Bathonian indet.) (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 171240: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 05.07.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Terebratula superstes n. sp. Douvillé 1916
 Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
"Terebratula quillyensis" = Ptyctothyris quillyensis
"Terebratula quillyensis" = Ptyctothyris quillyensis Bayle 1879
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
"Rhynchonella concinna" = Kallirhynchia concinna, "Rhynchonella obsoleta" = Obsoletirhynchia obsoleta
"Rhynchonella concinna" = Kallirhynchia concinna Sowerby 1815
"Rhynchonella obsoleta" = Obsoletirhynchia obsoleta Sowerby 1815
Bivalvia
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia viceliacensis d'Orbigny 1850 clam
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceromya concentrica Sowerby 1825 clam
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Heligmus rollandi Douville 1907 oyster
Heligmus rolandi race asiatica