Gabal Manzour: Middle Albian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Heterodiadematidae
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Pseudodiadema libanoticum
de Loriol 1887
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| recombined as Loriolidiadema libanoticum | ||||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Toxasteridae
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Toxaster lamberti
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Toxaster lyonsi
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Birostrina concentrica
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea pharaonis
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Exogyra arduennensis
Orbigny 1967
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| synonym of Rhynchostreon mermeti | ||||||||||
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Exogyra complicata
Mahmoud 1955
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| synonym of Ceratostreon flabellatum | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Neitheidae
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Neithea (Neithea) syriaca
(Conrad 1852)
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia deserti
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Protocardia (Protocardia) hillana
(Sowerby 1813)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Epicyprina moreti
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Flaventia brongniartina
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"Meretrix" orientalis
Douvillé 1916
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Bivalvia
- Megalodontida
- Dicerocardiidae
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Megalocardia simplex
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Trigoniidae
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Trigonia picteti
Coquand 1865
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Pterotrigonia acabra
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula (Nucula) margaritifera
Douvillé 1916
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Cephalopoda
- Phylloceratida
- Phylloceratidae
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Phylloceras semistriatum
(d'Orbigny 1840)
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Knemiceratidae
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Knemiceras spathi
Mahmoud 1955
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Knemiceras deserti
Mahmoud 1955
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Knemiceras rittmanni
Mahmoud 1955
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Silesitidae
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Neposiella nepos
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| synonym of Neosilesites | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Desmoceratidae
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Puzosia lata
Seitz 1931
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Gastropoda
- Potamididae
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Pyrazus (Echinobathra) magharensis
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| original and current combination Echinobathra | ||||||||||
| var. rekibensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Tylostomatidae
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Tylostoma (Tylostoma) magharensis
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Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Ampullina clementina
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Ampullina favorina
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Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 30.7° North, 33.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 7.7° North, 27.8° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Albian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 109.90000 - 106.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
| Lithology description: peloidal packstone, skeletal wackestone, oolitic grainstone, calcareous sandstones, claystone, 28 m thick | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,cast |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 98326 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-10-01 04:03:50 | Last modified: | 2010-10-01 07:03:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-10-01 04:03:50 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 33968. | N. M. Aboul Ela, G. L. Abdel-Gawad, and M. F. Aly. 1991. Albian fauna of Gabal Manzour, Maghara area, north Sinai, Egypt. Journal of African Earth Sciences 13(2):201-220 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |