sample 22, along Wadi Maghara (Jurassic of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (30.7° N, 33.5° E: paleocoordinates 10.3° N, 28.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Bajocian (170.3 - 168.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, yellow packstone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, mechanical, sieve,

Primary reference: R. Said and M. G. Barakat. 1958. Jurassic Microfossils from Gebel Maghara, Sinai, Egypt. Micropaleontology 4(3):231-272 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 99485: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 13.11.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Holothuroidea
  - Priscopedatidae
Priscopedatus frizzelli n. sp. Said and Barakat 1958 sea cucumber
Priscopedatus exlineae Said and Barakat 1958 sea cucumber
 Dendrochirotida - Calclamnidae
Calclamna sp. Frizzell and Exline 1955 sea cucumber
Eocaudina sp. Martin 1952 sea cucumber
 Apodida - Chiridotidae
Theelia sinaiensis n. sp. Said and Barakat 1958 sea cucumber
 Apodida - Myriotrochidae
Hemisphaeranthos sp. Terquem and Berthelin 1875 sea cucumber
 Apodida - Achistridae
"Achistrum bartensteini" = Achistrum monochordata
"Achistrum bartensteini" = Achistrum monochordata Hodson et al. 1956 sea cucumber
 Molpadiida - Molpadiidae
Calcligula jurassica Said and Barakat 1958 sea cucumber
  - Stichopitidae
Stichopites mortenseni Deflandre-Rigaud 1952 sea cucumber
Nodosariata
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
 Vaginulinida - Lagenidae
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
"Astacolus matutina" = Lenticulina munsteri Roemer 1839
"Lenticulina muensteri" = Lenticulina munsteri Roemer 1839
Lenticulina varians Bornemann 1854
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
 Hormosinacea - Hormosinidae
 Trochamminacea - Trochamminidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Massilina sp. Schlumberger 1893
Foraminifera
  -
"Marginulina cf. oolithica" = Cristellaria (Marginulina), "Marginulina simplex" = Cristellaria (Marginulina), "Marginulina sp." = Cristellaria (Marginulina), "Lenticulina subalata" = Cristellaria subalata, Hemicristellaria vetusta
"Marginulina cf. oolithica" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina simplex" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina sp." = Cristellaria (Marginulina) d'Orbigny 1826
"Lenticulina subalata" = Cristellaria subalata Reuss 1854
 Involutinina - Involutinidae