Abou Roach (Cretaceous of Egypt)
Where: Al Jizah, Egypt (30.0° N, 31.1° E: paleocoordinates 12.0° N, 26.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Collected by F. Priem in 1902-1904
Primary reference: F. Priem. 1914. Sur des vertébrés du Crétacé et de l'Éocène d'Égypte. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 14:366-382 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 38659: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 28.04.2004, edited by Loic Villier
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Taxonomic list
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| Asteroidea | |
Metopaster teilhardi, "Forbesiaster wrighti" = Forbesiaster wrighti, "Pachyaster aegypticus" = Forbesiaster wrighti, "Comptonia fourtaui" = Comptoniaster fourtaui, "Comptonia schlumbergeri" = Comptoniaster schlumbergeri
Metopaster teilhardi de Loriol 1909 sea star
"Forbesiaster wrighti" = Forbesiaster wrighti de Loriol 1909 sea star
"Pachyaster aegypticus" = Forbesiaster wrighti de Loriol 1909 sea star
"Comptonia fourtaui" = Comptoniaster fourtaui de Loriol 1909 sea star
"Comptonia schlumbergeri" = Comptoniaster schlumbergeri de Loriol 1889 sea star | |
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Sladenia fourtaui de Loriol 1904 sea star
Chariaster elegans de Loriol 1909 sea star | |
| Actinopteri | |
| Chondrichthyes | |
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Scapanorhynchus rhaphiodon Agassiz 1843 goblin shark | |
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