Gebel Lagama (Aptian) (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (30.8° N, 33.4° E: paleocoordinates 7.0° N, 28.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, ooidal limestone

• very fine limestone with small oolites

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 171393: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 09.07.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
"Crassatella subregularis n. sp." = Crassatella (Landinia) subregularis
"Crassatella subregularis n. sp." = Crassatella (Landinia) subregularis Douvillé 1916 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Opis cf. neocomiensis
Opis cf. neocomiensis d'Orbigny 1843 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium simplex n. sp.
Granocardium simplex n. sp. Douvillé 1916 cockle