Gebel Aroussieh (Callovian) (Jurassic of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (30.6° N, 33.3° E: paleocoordinates 10.4° N, 27.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, replaced with limonite

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 171238: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 04.07.2015

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
"Rhynchonella orbignyi" = Septaliphoria orbignyana
"Rhynchonella orbignyi" = Septaliphoria orbignyana Oppel 1856
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
"Gervillia orientalis n. sp." = Gervillella orientalis
"Gervillia orientalis n. sp." = Gervillella orientalis Douvillé 1916 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Liogryphaea costellata n. sp." = Gryphaea costellata
"Liogryphaea costellata n. sp." = Gryphaea costellata Douvillé 1916 oyster
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya carinata, "Pholadomya inornata" = Homomya inornata
Pholadomya carinata Goldfuss 1838 clam
"Pholadomya inornata" = Homomya inornata Sowerby 1837 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Sphaera madagascariensis Newton 1889 clam