Gebel Ghara 42: Burdigalian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Florideophyceae
- Hapalidiales
- Mesophyllaceae
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Mesophyllum lemoineae
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Florideophyceae
- Hapalidiales
- Lithothamniacae
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Lithothamnion saxorum
Capeder 1900
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Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
- Lithophyllaceae
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Lithophyllum prelichenoides
Lemoine 1917
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Lithophyllum capederi
Lemoine 1925
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Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
- Hydrolithaceae
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Lithoporella melobesioides
Foslie 1909
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Geography
| Country: | Egypt | State/province: | Suez |
| Coordinates: | 30.0° North, 32.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 28.9° North, 31.2° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 221968 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | K. Hassell |
| Modifier: | K. Hassell | ||
| Created: | 2021-09-02 14:18:10 | Last modified: | 2021-09-07 10:36:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2021-09-02 14:18:10 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 77933. | F.J. Souaya. 1963. On the calcareous algae (Melobesioideae) of Gebel Gharra (Cario-Suez road) with a local zonation and some possible correlations. Journal of Paleontology 37(6):1204-1216 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell] |