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