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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Foraminifera | |
Annulina cf. metensis Terquem 1862 | |
Lituotuba sp. Rhumbler 1895 | |
Hyperammina sp. Brady 1879 | |
Bathysiphon sp. Sars 1872 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Nodosariata | |
Vaginulina constricta, Vaginulina sp., Citharina flabelloides, Citharina inconstans, Dentalina pseudocommonis, Dentalina sinemuriensis, Dentalina torta, Dentalina vetustissima, Frondicularia cf. spissa, Astacolus crepidula, Astacolus filosa, Astacolus pellucida, Astacolus prima, Planularia cordiformis, Lagena ovata, Rectoglandulina hofkeri, Rectoglandulina vulgata
Vaginulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Vaginulinopsis misrensis, Lenticulina magharaensis, Lenticulina quenstedti, Lenticulina tricarinella, Lenticulina varians, "Lenticulina muensteri" = Lenticulina munsteri, Saracenaria cornucopiae, Saracenaria cf. triangularis
Lenticulina varians Bornemann 1854
"Lenticulina muensteri" = Lenticulina munsteri Roemer 1839 | |
Foraminifera | |
"Lenticulina subalata" = Cristellaria subalata, "Marginulina cf. oolithica" = Cristellaria (Marginulina), "Marginulina simplex" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Lenticulina subalata" = Cristellaria subalata Reuss 1854
"Marginulina cf. oolithica" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina simplex" = Cristellaria (Marginulina) | |
Haplophragmoides sp. Cushman 1910 | |
"Conicospirillina cf. trochoides" = Spirillina trochoides, Conicospirillina planorbis
"Conicospirillina cf. trochoides" = Spirillina trochoides Berthelin 1879 | |
Holothuroidea | |
Stichopites mortenseni Deflandre-Rigaud 1952 sea cucumber | |
Eocaudina sp. Martin 1952 sea cucumber |