Gebel Homayir (Jurassic of Egypt)
Where: Egypt (30.7° N, 33.3° E: paleocoordinates 10.5° N, 27.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Kehailia Formation, Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 Ma)
• middle-upper Bathonian
Environment/lithology: deltaic; sandstone and coal
• During the global early Bathonian sea-level fall during which deltaic sandstones and coals of the Safa Formation accumulated.
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original calcite
Primary reference: W. S. Ayoub-Hannaa, M. R. Cooper, A. A. Abdelhady and F. T. Fürsich. 2023. Jurassic Trigoniida (Bivalvia) from Gebel Maghara, northern Sinai, Egypt. Journal of Paleontology 97(6):1206-1232more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 236490: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Gabriella Domokos on 07.10.2024
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Bivalvia | |
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Retetrigonia imbricata Ayoub-Hannaa et al. 2023 clam | |
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Magharitrigonia asymmetrica Ayoub-Hannaa et al. 2023 clam | |