Where: Egypt (30.8° N, 33.4° E: paleocoordinates 7.0° N, 28.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, ferruginous, ooidal 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 171405: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 10.07.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Cercomya deserti n. sp., Platymya marullensis
Cercomya deserti n. sp. Douvillé 1916 clam
Platymya marullensis d'Orbigny 1844 clam |