Gebel Aroussieh (Corals) (Jurassic of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (30.6° N, 33.3° E: paleocoordinates 10.4° N, 27.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

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 171221: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 04.07.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Corals also present
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Stephanoceratidae
"Stringoceras pustuliferum" = Micromphalites pustuliferum
"Stringoceras pustuliferum" = Micromphalites pustuliferum Douvillé 1916 ammonite
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
"Anabacia cf. orbulites" = Chomatoseris orbulites
"Anabacia cf. orbulites" = Chomatoseris orbulites Lamouroux 1821 stony coral