Gebel Manzour (Upper Albian limestone) (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: lithified, yellow limestone

• yellow limestone without large ferruginous oolites

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: École des Mines de Paris (most likely)

Primary reference: H. Douvillé. 1916. Les terrains secondaires dans le massif du Moghara à l’Est de l’isthme de Suez. Mémoire de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris 54(2):1-184 [L. Bulot/L. Bulot/M. Manojlovic]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 171310: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 06.07.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Eoradiolites rousseli
Eoradiolites rousseli Toucas 1907 rudist
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Meretrix (Flaventia) sp." = Flaventia
"Meretrix (Flaventia) sp." = Flaventia Jukes-Browne 1908 venus clam
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Tylostomatidae
Varicigera choffati n. sp.
Varicigera choffati n. sp. Douvillé 1916 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Pseudomesalia brevis n. sp., Pseudomesalia bilineata n. sp.
Pseudomesalia brevis n. sp. Douvillé 1916 turret shell
Pseudomesalia bilineata n. sp. Douvillé 1916 turret shell
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Ampullospira cf. clementina, Ampullospira cf. ervyna
Ampullospira cf. clementina d'Orbigny 1842 snail
Ampullospira cf. ervyna d'Orbigny 1842 snail
 Trochoidea - Nododelphinulidae
Metriomphalus orientalis n. sp.
Metriomphalus orientalis n. sp. Douvillé 1916 snail