Gebel Kalieh (basal Oxfordian) (Jurassic of Egypt)

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

• gray lithographic 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
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma cf. semicircularis Goldfuss 1835 file clam