Gebel Kalieh (Jurassic of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (30.7° N, 33.5° E: paleocoordinates 10.3° N, 28.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original aragonite, replaced with silica

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 171262: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 05.07.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Terebratula lamberti Douville 1886
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten (Plesiopecten) subspinosus Schlotheim 1822 scallop
"Pecten fibrosus" = Radulopecten fibrosus Sowerby 1816 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
"Pecten demissus" = Entolium demissus
"Pecten demissus" = Entolium demissus Phillips 1835 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Ctenostreon proboscideum, "Plagiostoma cf. rigidum" = Lima (Plagiostoma) rigida, "Limatula consobrina" = Lima (Limatula) consobrina
Ctenostreon proboscideum Sowerby 1820 file clam
"Plagiostoma cf. rigidum" = Lima (Plagiostoma) rigida Sowerby 1815 file clam
"Limatula consobrina" = Lima (Limatula) consobrina d'Orbigny 1845 file clam
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna sublanceolata d'Orbigny 1850 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillia sp. Defrance 1820 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Arctostrea amor d'Orbigny 1850 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya laeviuscula Agassiz 1842 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya varians Agassiz 1845 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Myoconcha cf. rathieri d'Orbigny 1850 clam
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Paracenoceratidae
"Nautilus giganteus" = Paracenoceras giganteum, "Nautilus cf. hexagonus" = Paracenoceras hexagonum
"Nautilus giganteus" = Paracenoceras giganteum d'Orbigny 1842 nautiloid
"Nautilus cf. hexagonus" = Paracenoceras hexagonum Sowerby 1826 nautiloid
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
"Nautilus desertorum n. sp." = Eutrephoceras douvillei
"Nautilus desertorum n. sp." = Eutrephoceras douvillei Spath 1927 nautiloid
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Rhabdocidaridae
Rhabdocidaris copeoides Agassiz and Desor 1847 pencil urchin
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris schlonbachi Moesch 1867 pencil urchin