Gabal Manzour (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (30.7° N, 33.5° E: paleocoordinates 8.4° N, 27.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone and lithified marl

• limestones (grainstone, packstone) alternating with marl and sandstone, 144 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: N. M. Aboul Ela, G. L. Abdel-Gawad, and M. F. Aly. 1991. Albian fauna of Gabal Manzour, Maghara area, north Sinai, Egypt. Journal of African Earth Sciences 13(2):201-220 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 98327: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.10.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Thecosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Parasmilia "sp. 1" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Parasmilia "sp. 2" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylina "sp. 1" Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Stylina "sp. 2" Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria sp. LeSauvage 1823 stony coral
Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Belemnopseidae
Neohibolites sp. Stolley 1911 belemnite
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Phylloceras semistriatum d'Orbigny 1840 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Crioceratitidae
 Ammonitida - Knemiceratidae
Knemiceras aegyptiacum Mahmoud 1955 ammonite
Knemiceras rittmanni Mahmoud 1955 ammonite
Knemiceras spathi Mahmoud 1955 ammonite
Knemiceras deserti Mahmoud 1955 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae
"Tetragonites cf. duvali" = Tetragonites (Tetragonites) duvalianus, "Eotetragonites breistrofferi" = Eogaudryceras (Eotetragonites)
"Tetragonites cf. duvali" = Tetragonites (Tetragonites) duvalianus d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
"Eotetragonites breistrofferi" = Eogaudryceras (Eotetragonites) ammonite
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
"Knemiceras priscum" = Mogharaeceras priscum, "Desmoceras latidorsatum" = Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum, "Beudanticeras revoili" = Roberticeras revoili
"Knemiceras priscum" = Mogharaeceras priscum Douvillé 1916 ammonite
"Desmoceras latidorsatum" = Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum Michelin 1838 ammonite
"Beudanticeras revoili" = Roberticeras revoili Pervinquière 1907 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Silesitidae
"Neposiella nepos" = Neosilesites
"Neposiella nepos" = Neosilesites ammonite
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Sciponoceras sp. Hyatt 1894 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Nododelphinulidae
Metriomphalus orientalis Douvillé 1916 snail
 Trochoidea - Solariellidae
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Bittium mahmoudi n. sp. cerith snail
Cerithium manzourensis n. sp. cerith snail
Cerithium abbassi n. sp. cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Diastomatidae
 Cerithioidea - Metacerithiidae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Pseudomesalia deserti Douvillé 1916 turret shell
Pseudomesalia bilineata Douvillé 1916 turret shell
Pseudomesalia brevis Douvillé 1916 turret shell
"Turritella (Torquesia) moradi" = Torquesia turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
"Pyrazus (Echinobathra) sexangulatus" = Echinobathra, "Pyrazus (Echinobathra) magharensis" = Echinobathra
"Pyrazus (Echinobathra) sexangulatus" = Echinobathra horn snail
"Pyrazus (Echinobathra) magharensis" = Echinobathra horn snail
var. rekibensis
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Tylostomatidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Rostellaria plicata" = Tibia, "Rostellaria sp." = Tibia
"Rostellaria plicata" = Tibia true conch
"Rostellaria sp." = Tibia Röding 1798 true conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Colombellinidae
Columbellina fusiformis Douvillé 1916 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Triforidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassiopidae
Glauconia (Glauconia) deserti Douvillé 1916 snail
 Heterostropha - Acteonellidae
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
 Heterostropha - Nerinellidae
  -
Tornatella brevicula Douvillé 1916 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
"Birostrina concentrica" = Actinoceramus
"Birostrina concentrica" = Actinoceramus clam
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea (Neithea) syriaca Conrad 1852 scallop
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna robinaldina d'Orbigny 1844 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Exogyra complicata" = Ceratostreon flabellatum, "Exogyra arduennensis" = Rhynchostreon mermeti
"Exogyra complicata" = Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster
"Exogyra arduennensis" = Rhynchostreon mermeti Coquand 1862 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Eoradiolites rousseli Toucas 1907 rudist
 Megalodontida - Dicerocardiidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Meretrix" orientalis Douvillé 1916 venus clam
"Meretrix" deserti Douvillé 1916 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
Gastrochaena sp. Spengler 1783 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella manzourensis n. sp. Aboul Ela et al. 1991 clam
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia picteti Coquand 1865 clam
Trigonia undulatocostata Blanckenhorn 1890 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (Nucula) margaritifera Douvillé 1916 nut clam
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
"Typocidaris proxima" = Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris) proxima Fourtau 1921 pencil urchin
Dorocidaris dousoni pencil urchin
Cidaris pyreniaca pencil urchin
 Euechinoidea - Pedinopsidae
Pedinopsis humilis Fourtau 1921 sea urchin
 Holectypoida -
"Echinoconus costanea" = Galerites
"Echinoconus costanea" = Galerites sea urchin
 Holasteroida -
"Holaster barthouxi" = Pseudholaster barthouxi
"Holaster barthouxi" = Pseudholaster barthouxi Fourtau 1921 sea urchin
 Spatangoida - Toxasteridae
Toxaster lamberti heart urchin
Toxaster lyonsi heart urchin
Heteraster constrictus Fourtau 1921 heart urchin
 Calycina - Heterodiadematidae
"Pseudodiadema libanoticum" = Loriolidiadema libanoticum
"Pseudodiadema libanoticum" = Loriolidiadema libanoticum de Loriol 1887 sea urchin
 Calycina - Diplopodiidae
 Salenioida - Saleniidae
Salenia humi, "Salenia cf. arabica" = Leptosalenia arabica
Salenia humi sea urchin
"Salenia cf. arabica" = Leptosalenia arabica Fourtau 1921 sea urchin