Where: Egypt (30.8° N, 33.4° E: paleocoordinates 7.4° N, 28.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Barremian (129.4 - 125.0 Ma)
• probably Barremian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, fine-grained, ferruginous, ooidal limestone
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 171271: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 05.07.2015, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
"Costidiscus recticostatus" = Macroscaphites (Costidiscus) recticostatus
"Costidiscus recticostatus" = Macroscaphites (Costidiscus) recticostatus d'Orbigny 1840 ammonite | |
Crioceras (Acanthodiscus) hammatoptychum Uhlig 1883 ammonite | |
Lytoceras schlosseri Krenkel 1910 ammonite | |
"Lytoceras liebigi" = Holcostephanus (Spiticeras) obliquelobatus
"Lytoceras liebigi" = Holcostephanus (Spiticeras) obliquelobatus Uhlig 1903 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster |