beds 27-31, Wadi Imshash Rashed, Gebel Maghara (Jurassic of Egypt)
Where: Egypt (30.7° N, 33.4° E: paleocoordinates 9.7° N, 28.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, white limestone and lithified, gray shale
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 99488: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 13.11.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Holothuroidea | |
Eocaudina sp. Martin 1952 sea cucumber | |
Stichopites mortenseni Deflandre-Rigaud 1952 sea cucumber | |
Foraminifera | |
Bathysiphon sp. Sars 1872 | |
Hyperammina sp. Brady 1879 | |
Lituotuba sp. Rhumbler 1895 | |
"Marginulina cf. oolithica" = Cristellaria (Marginulina), "Marginulina simplex" = Cristellaria (Marginulina), "Lenticulina subalata" = Cristellaria subalata
"Marginulina cf. oolithica" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina simplex" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Lenticulina subalata" = Cristellaria subalata Reuss 1854 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Foraminifera | |
Conicospirillina planorbis, "Conicospirillina cf. trochoides" = Spirillina trochoides
"Conicospirillina cf. trochoides" = Spirillina trochoides Berthelin 1879 | |
Annulina cf. metensis Terquem 1862 | |
Haplophragmoides sp. Cushman 1910 | |
Nodosariata | |
Vaginulinopsis misrensis, Saracenaria cornucopiae, Saracenaria cf. triangularis, Lenticulina magharaensis, Lenticulina quenstedti, Lenticulina tricarinella, "Lenticulina muensteri" = Lenticulina munsteri, Lenticulina varians
"Lenticulina muensteri" = Lenticulina munsteri Roemer 1839
Lenticulina varians Bornemann 1854 | |
Frondicularia cf. spissa, Dentalina pseudocommonis, Dentalina sinemuriensis, Dentalina torta, Dentalina vetustissima, Rectoglandulina hofkeri, Rectoglandulina vulgata, Astacolus crepidula, Astacolus filosa, Astacolus pellucida, Astacolus prima, Planularia cordiformis, Lagena ovata, Vaginulina constricta, Vaginulina sp., Citharina flabelloides, Citharina inconstans
Vaginulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |