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)
• "Upper Vraconian"
Environment/lithology: lithified, quartzose, yellow limestone
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 171404: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 10.07.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Bivalvia | |
Ostrea directa Blanckenhorn 1890 oyster |