Gebel Zieta, W Sinai (Miocene of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (29.5° N, 32.9° E: paleocoordinates 28.4° N, 31.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified carbonate

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: P. Jung. 1966. Zwei miocaene Arten von Aturia (Nautilaceae). Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 59:485-492 [M. Clapham/K. Okamoto/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 165928: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 31.01.2015

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Aturiidae
Aturia aturi Basterot 1825 nautiloid