Gebel Manzour (Albian slope indet.) (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (30.7° N, 33.5° E: paleocoordinates 7.7° N, 27.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

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 171406: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 10.07.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula margaritifera n. sp. Douvillé 1916 nut clam
Nucula simplex Deshayes 1842 nut clam