Gebel Aroussieh (Small Astartes) (Jurassic of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (30.6° N, 33.3° E: paleocoordinates 10.4° N, 27.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: École des Mines de Paris (most likely)

Primary reference: H. Douvillé. 1916. Les terrains secondaires dans le massif du Moghara à l’Est de l’isthme de Suez. Mémoire de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris 54(2):1-184 [L. Bulot/L. Bulot/M. Manojlovic]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 171236: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 04.07.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Arctostrea avita n. sp. Douvillé 1916 oyster
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia imbricata Sowerby 1826 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula lateralis Terquem and Jourdy 1869 nut clam
Nucula tenuistriata Sowerby 1837 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Leda decorata n. sp. Douvillé 1916 pointed nut clam