Gabal Abu Durba (Carboniferous of Egypt)

Also known as Gabal Abu Durba: Abu Durba Fm.

Where: Egypt (28.6° N, 33.3° E: paleocoordinates 34.0° S, 31.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Abu Durba Formation, Moscovian (315.2 - 307.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, green shale and dolomite

• Shale: dark grey-green and dolostone thin beds

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Kora. 1995. Carboniferous macrofauna from Sinai, Egypt: biostratigraphy and paleogeography. Journal of African Earth Sciences 20(1):37-51 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/P. Wall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 46988: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 28.01.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Zygopleuroidea - Pseudozygopleuridae
Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia sp. de Koninck 1841 clam
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
"Streptorhynchus crenistria" = Orthothetes crenistria
"Streptorhynchus crenistria" = Orthothetes crenistria Phillips 1836
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Chonetinella sp. Ramsbottom 1952
 Productida - Productidae
Reticulatia sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
 Productida - Productellidae
Antiquatonia sp. Miloradovich 1945
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora sp. King 1865
 Spiriferida - Choristitidae
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
 Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Rhombotrypella sp. Nikiforova 1933
Trilobita
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Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite