Where: Egypt (30.2° N, 32.3° E: paleocoordinates 29.1° N, 31.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; poorly lithified, glauconitic, silty conglomerate
Preservation: original calcite
Primary reference: A. Kroh and J. H. Nebelsick. 2003. Echinoid assemblages as a tool for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction - an example from the Early Miocene of Egypt. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 201:157-177 [L. Villier/L. Villier/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 47998: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 09.03.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
Echinoidea | |
Prionocidaris avenionensis Des Moulins 1837 pencil urchin | |
Psammechinus dubius Agassiz 1840 sea urchin | |
Clypeaster sp. Lamarck 1801 sand dollar |