Gabal Ekma, Upper Part Section 2, Abu Durba Fm. (Carboniferous of Egypt)

Where: Janub Sina, Egypt (28.7° N, 33.3° E: paleocoordinates 33.9° S, 31.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Abu Durba Formation, Moscovian (315.2 - 307.0 Ma)

• Idiognathodus-Neognathodus Assemblage zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, black shale and lithified dolomite

• "typical shallow marine"
• fossiliferous black shale with dolostone interbeds yielding tghe Idiognathodus-Neognathodus conodont assemblage

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: M. Kora. 1989. Biostratigraphy of the Late Paleozoic succession in Gabal Ekma, southwestern Sinai, Egypt. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 1989(5):293-307 [N. Heim/N. Heim/N. Heim]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 46635: authorized by Noel Heim, entered by Noel Heim on 23.01.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Conodonta
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 Ozarkodinida - Anchignathodontidae
Hindeodus minutus Ellison 1941 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Idiognathodontidae
 Prioniodontida - Prioniodinidae
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
columnals
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
 Spiriferida - Choristitidae
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
Antiquatonia sp. Miloradovich 1945
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Chonetinella sp. Ramsbottom 1952
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
"Streptorhynchus crenistria" = Orthothetes crenistria
"Streptorhynchus crenistria" = Orthothetes crenistria Phillips 1836
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Trilobita
  -
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
Foraminifera
 Textulariina - Hyperamminidae
 Astrorhizacea - Bathysiphonidae
 Astrorhizacea - Psammosphaeridae
 Hormosinacea - Hormosinidae
Reophax sp. Montfort 1808
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae