Gebel oum Raghaoui: Albian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Tetragonitidae
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Tetragonites cf. duvali
(d'Orbigny 1841)
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recombined as Tetragonites (Tetragonites) duvalianus | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Diastomatidae
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Diastoma ornatum
Douvillé 1916
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Gastropoda
- Colombellinidae
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Columbellina fusiformis n. sp.
Douvillé 1916
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Harpagodes beaumontiana
(d'Orbigny 1842)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Drepanochilus calcaratus
(Sowerby 1822)
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Drepanochilus calcaratus var ornata | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Egypt |
Coordinates: | 30.8° North, 33.4° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 7.8° North, 27.8° East |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
Key time interval: | Albian | ||
Age range of interval: | 113.00000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | ferruginous,ooidal,yellow poorly lithified "limestone" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: soft yellow limestone with large rare ferruginous oolites | |
Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: Repository: École des Mines de Paris (most likely) |
Metadata
Database number: | 171274 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Manojlovic |
Modifier: | M. Manojlovic | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2015-07-05 02:09:57 | Last modified: | 2015-07-09 22:04:59 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-07-05 02:09:57 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
36012. | fossil record | 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] |