Gebel oum Raghaoui (Albian to Upper Albian) (Cretaceous to of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (30.8° N, 33.4° E: paleocoordinates 8.0° N, 27.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Albian to Albian (113.0 - 99.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: poorly lithified, ferruginous, ooidal, yellow limestone

• soft yellow limestone with large rare ferruginous oolites

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 171391: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 09.07.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia hillana Sowerby 1813 cockle