PBDB Collection

Basal Aheimer Fm rugose corals, Egypt (Carboniferous of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (29.4° N, 32.5° E: paleocoordinates 32.0° S, 30.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Aheimer Formation, Kasimovian (307.0 - 303.7 Ma)

• Age given as late Westphalian to Stephanian. Kasimovian age appears most likely

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified shale

• grey shales with crinoids, brachiopods and corals

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: Focus on corals

Primary reference: M. Kora and Y. Mansour. 1991. Late Carboniferous solitary rugose corals from the western side of the Gulf of Suez, Egypt. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 1991(10):597-616 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 50124: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 09.05.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
Spiriferida - Spiriferidae	Anthracospirifer sp. Anthracospirifer sp. Lane 1963
Strophomenata
Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae	Rugosochonetes californicus Rugosochonetes californicus Watkins 1974
Anthozoa
Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae	Allotropiophyllum (Alligia) cf. flabellum, Allotropiophyllum sp., Amplexizaphrentis paralleloides, Amplexizaphrentis clithria, Meniscophyllum sp. Allotropiophyllum (Alligia) cf. flabellum Fedorowski 1987 horn coral Allotropiophyllum sp. Grabau 1928 horn coral Amplexizaphrentis paralleloides horn coral Amplexizaphrentis clithria horn coral Meniscophyllum sp. Simpson 1900 horn coral
Stauriida - Antiphyllidae	Lytvolasma aucta, Bradyphyllum cf. bellicostatum, Rotiphyllum aequabile, Rotiphyllum sokolovi, Rotiphyllum exile, Actinophrentis donetziana Lytvolasma aucta Fedorowski 1987 horn coral Bradyphyllum cf. bellicostatum Grabau 1928 horn coral Rotiphyllum aequabile horn coral Rotiphyllum sokolovi horn coral Rotiphyllum exile horn coral Actinophrentis donetziana horn coral
Stauriida - Bothrophyllidae	Bothrophyllum pseudoconicum Bothrophyllum pseudoconicum horn coral
Stauriida - Lophophyllidiidae	Pseudowannerophyllum differens Pseudowannerophyllum differens horn coral
Stauriida - Lophotichiidae	Assimulia (Ericina) fracta, Paraduplophyllum mutliplicatum, Paraduplophyllum oppositum Assimulia (Ericina) fracta Fedorowski 1987 horn coral Paraduplophyllum mutliplicatum horn coral Paraduplophyllum oppositum Fedorowski 1987 horn coral
Stauriida - Verbeekiellidae	Verbeekiella sp. Verbeekiella sp. Penecke 1908 horn coral