Where: Egypt (30.7° N, 33.5° E: paleocoordinates 10.1° N, 28.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, fine-grained, gray limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
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 171265: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 05.07.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Plagiostoma cf. semicircularis Goldfuss 1835 file clam |