Gebel Maghara, section XI, zones β/γ (Cretaceous of Egypt)
Where: Egypt (30.8° N, 33.2° E: paleocoordinates 8.6° N, 27.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)
• Lower-Upper Albian
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; limestone
• open-marine, bank margin environments.
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: J. Kuss and M. A. Conrad. 1991. Calcareous Algae from Cretaceous Carbonates of Egypt, Sinai, and Southern Jordan. Journal of Paleontology 65(5) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 148214: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 15.07.2013
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Taxonomic list
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| Rhodophyceae | |
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Marinella lugeoni Pfender 1939 | |
| Ulvophyceae | |
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Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812 | |
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Arabicodium sp. Elliott 1957 | |
| Chlorophyceae | |
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Cylindroporella sugdeni Elliott 1957 | |
| Foraminifera | |