Gebel Aroussieh (Oxfordian) (Jurassic of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (30.6° N, 33.3° E: paleocoordinates 10.3° N, 27.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, fine-grained, gray limestone

• gray lithographic 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 171260: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 05.07.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Belemnopseidae
Belemnopsis hastata Blainville 1808 belemnite