western Bir Maghara Masajid fm (Jurassic of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (30.7° N, 33.4° E: paleocoordinates 9.6° N, 28.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Masajid Formation, Early/Lower Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

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•For more details concerning the litho- and biostratigraphy, faunal content, and lateral facies changes see Abdelhady (2014) and Abdelhady and Fürsich (2015a–c).

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

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 236517: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Gabriella Domokos on 08.10.2024

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Cotswoldella aff. cotswoldella hemisphaerica
Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia castor
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Orthotrigonia exortiva, Retetrigonia imbricata
Orthotrigonia exortiva Kitchin 1900 clam
Retetrigonia imbricata Ayoub-Hannaa et al. 2023 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia reticulata, Magharitrigonia sp.
Trigonia reticulata Agassiz 1841 clam
Magharitrigonia sp. Ayoub-Hannaa et al. 2023 clam