Gebel Araif-al-Naga (Triassic of Egypt)

Where: Shamal Sina, Egypt (30.4° N, 34.4° E: paleocoordinates 14.2° S, 34.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• Age based on the presence of Beneckeia (likely Anisian, possibly upper Anisian)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Sadek & Moon

Primary reference: G. H. Awad. 1945. On the occurence of Marine Triassic (Muschelkalk) deposits in Sinai. Bulletin de L’Institut d’Egypte 27:397-429 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 206058: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 29.10.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Coenothyris vulgaris, "Coenothyris julica" = Tibetothyris julica
Coenothyris vulgaris Schlotheim 1820
"Coenothyris julica" = Tibetothyris julica Bittner 1890
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Hedenstroemiidae
Beneckeia levantina
Beneckeia levantina Parnes 1962 ceratite
 Nautilida -
Nautilida indet.
Nautilida indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid
Gastropoda
  -
"Omphaloptycha gregaria" = Buccinites gregarius
"Omphaloptycha gregaria" = Buccinites gregarius Schlotheim 1820 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Leda elliptica, Dacromya nagaensis n. sp.
Leda elliptica Goldfuss 1837 pointed nut clam
Dacromya nagaensis n. sp. Awad 1945 pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula subaequilatera
Nucula subaequilatera Schafhaeutl 1865 nut clam
 Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
"Anodontophora muensteri" = Unionites muensteri
"Anodontophora muensteri" = Unionites muensteri Wissmann 1841 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Pseudocorbula subundata" = Tapes subundata
"Pseudocorbula subundata" = Tapes subundata Schauroth 1855 venus clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Schafhaeutlia sp.
Schafhaeutlia sp. Cossmann 1897 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
"Myophoria cardissoides" = Neoschizodus cardissoides, "Myophoria laevigata" = Neoschizodus laevigatus, "Myophoria elegans" = Elegantinia elegans, Myophoria germanica, Myophoria coxi n. sp.
"Myophoria cardissoides" = Neoschizodus cardissoides Ziethen 1830 clam
"Myophoria laevigata" = Neoschizodus laevigatus Ziethen 1830 clam
"Myophoria elegans" = Elegantinia elegans Dunker 1849 clam
Myophoria germanica Hohenstein 1914 clam
Myophoria coxi n. sp. Awad 1945 clam
 Pterioida - Prospondylidea
"Enantiostreon difformis" = Terquemia difformis
"Enantiostreon difformis" = Terquemia difformis Schlotheim 1820 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiola raibliana
Modiola raibliana Bittner 1895 mussel
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Enantiostreon spondyloides" = Umbrostrea spondyloides
"Enantiostreon spondyloides" = Umbrostrea spondyloides Schlotheim 1823 oyster
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria aff. cassiana
Pteria aff. cassiana Bittner 1895 pearl oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Hoernesia hesbanensis
Hoernesia hesbanensis Cox 1924 oyster
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
"Plicatula (Pseudoplacunopsis) fissistriata" = Placunopsis fissistriata
"Plicatula (Pseudoplacunopsis) fissistriata" = Placunopsis fissistriata Winckler 1861 scallop
 Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae
"Pseudomonotis inaequistriatus" = Leptochondria albertii
"Pseudomonotis inaequistriatus" = Leptochondria albertii Goldfuss 1838 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
"Pecten (Syncyclonema) discites" = Entolium discites
"Pecten (Syncyclonema) discites" = Entolium discites Schlotheim 1820 scallop