Where: Suez, Egypt (30.0° N, 32.5° E: paleocoordinates 28.9° N, 31.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; marl and limestone

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: F.J. Souaya. 1963. On the calcareous algae (Melobesioideae) of Gebel Gharra (Cario-Suez road) with a local zonation and some possible correlations. Journal of Paleontology 37(6):1204-1216 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 222019: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 07.09.2021

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