Bed 3, Gebel Gharra section (Miocene of Egypt)

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
 Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
 Clypeasteroida - Astriclypeidae
Amphiope bioculata sand dollar
 Clypeasteroida - Scutellidae
 Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea digitalina" = Cubitostrea digitalina
"Ostrea digitalina" = Cubitostrea digitalina Eichwald 1830 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Lopha virleti" = Hyotissa virleti
"Lopha virleti" = Hyotissa virleti Deshayes 1832 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Pectinida - Anomiidae