Bed 7b, Gebel Gharra section (Miocene of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (30.2° N, 32.3° E: paleocoordinates 29.1° N, 31.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal rudstone

Preservation: original calcite

Primary reference: A. Kroh and J. H. Nebelsick. 2003. Echinoid assemblages as a tool for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction - an example from the Early Miocene of Egypt. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 201:157-177 [L. Villier/L. Villier/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 47994: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 09.03.2005

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Clypeaster martini sand dollar
Clypeaster sp. Lamarck 1801 sand dollar
 Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
 Camarodonta - Toxopneustidae
Schizechinus sp. Pomel 1869 sea urchin
Foraminifera
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Planostegina sp. Banner and Hodgkinson 1991