Marsa Alam, Gabir Formation (Pliocene of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (25.3° N, 34.8° E: paleocoordinates 25.1° N, 34.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Gabir Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• thickness of Gabir Formation: 80-90 m (Wadi Shagra and Wadi Wizr), 45 m (Wadi Samadai); Crassostrea gingensis-Crassostrea crassissima zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; sandstone and limestone

• sandstones intercalated with limestones (mostly reefal and oolitic), siltstones, mudstones and conglomerates

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Kora and Z. Abdel-Fattah. 2000. Pliocene and Plio-Pleistocene macrofauna from the Red Sea coastal plain (Egypt): biostratigraphy and biogeography. Geologica et Palaeontologica 34:219-235 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96758: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 30.06.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae
Plesiastrea versipora Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Turbinaria mesenterina Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys senatoria" = Mimachlamys senatoria
"Chlamys senatoria" = Mimachlamys senatoria Gmelin 1791 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Lopha (Lopha) virleti" = Hyotissa virleti
"Lopha (Lopha) virleti" = Hyotissa virleti Deshayes 1832 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea crassissima, Crassostrea gingensis, "Saccostrea cucullata" = Saccostrea cuccullata, "Ostrea (Ostrea) edulis" = Ostrea edulis
"Saccostrea cucullata" = Saccostrea cuccullata Born 1778 oyster
"Ostrea (Ostrea) edulis" = Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Tapes (Callistotapes) sallomcensis" = Paphia (Callistotapes), Tapes cf. virgineus
"Tapes (Callistotapes) sallomcensis" = Paphia (Callistotapes) venus clam
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta subrotundata Issel 1869 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina lacunosa tellin clam
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Brissidae
Brissus carinatus heart urchin