Wadi Sudr [Rudeis Formation]: Middle Miocene, Egypt
collected by El-Hedeny
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea vestitata
(Fuchs 1883)
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| original and current combination Ostrea vestita | |||||||
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Ostrea plicatula
Gmelin 1791
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Cubitostrea frondosa
(de Serres 1829)
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| original and current combination Ostrea frondosa | |||||||
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Cubitostrea dubertreti
(Roman 1940)
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Cubitostrea digitalina
(Eichwald 1830)
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Crassostrea gryphoides
(Schlotheim 1813)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Hyotissa virleti
(Deshayes 1832)
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus sp.
Da Costa 1778
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Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 29.6° North, 32.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 28.8° North, 31.9° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Rudeis | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Rudeis Fm, which conformably overlies the Nukhul Fm (Early Miocene) of the Gharandal Group, and is conformably overlain by the Kareem Fm (middle Middle Miocene) of the Ras Malaab Gp. AGE: Rudeis Fm is late Early to early Middle Miocene, but collections are from the upper part of the formation = Middle Miocene, and are found at the FAD of Praeorbulina glomerosa curva and Globorotalia peripheroacuta. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the upper part of the formation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal poorly lithified marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Thickly bedded marls, with well developed oyster beds. LITHIFICATION: Not lithified on the basis of figured specimens. | |
| Environment: | transition zone/lower shoreface |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Nearshore, shallow marine, fully marine. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Bioerosion: | frequent |
| Encrustation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taphonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | El-Hedeny |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Presumably by the author, M. El-Hedeny, c. 2000. REPOSITORY: Geology Dept., Faculty of Science, Alexandria University. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Only includes Ostreidae and encrusters. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication and with some nomenclatural inconsistency, yet relatively modern, and with species-resolution assignments. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 78613 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-02-11 13:46:49 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-02-11 13:46:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26434. | M. M. El-Hedeny. 2005. Taphonomy and Paleoecology of the Middle Miocene oysters from Wadi Sudr, Gulf of Suez, Egypt. Revue de Paléobiologie, Genéve 24(2):719-733 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |