Where: Egypt (30.2° N, 32.3° E: paleocoordinates 29.1° N, 31.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shoreface; poorly lithified, coarse-grained sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original calcite
Primary reference: A. Kroh and J. H. Nebelsick. 2003. Echinoid assemblages as a tool for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction - an example from the Early Miocene of Egypt. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 201:157-177 [L. Villier/L. Villier/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 47992: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 09.03.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Clypeaster acclivis sand dollar | |
Amphiope bioculata sand dollar | |
Parascutella deflersi sand dollar | |
Echinolampas ampla sea urchin | |
Bivalvia | |
"Ostrea digitalina" = Cubitostrea digitalina
"Ostrea digitalina" = Cubitostrea digitalina Eichwald 1830 oyster | |
"Lopha virleti" = Hyotissa virleti
"Lopha virleti" = Hyotissa virleti Deshayes 1832 oyster | |
Aequipecten submalvinae scallop | |
Anomia phippium jingle |