Zug el-Bahar section, sample 54 (Pliocene of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (25.8° N, 34.4° E: paleocoordinates 25.6° N, 34.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Archaias aduncus zone, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; calcareous sandstone

• Limegrit

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: F. J. Souaya. 1963. Micropaleontology of four sections south of Qoseir, Egypt. Micropaleontology 9(3):233-266 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 147637: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 10.07.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Cymbaoporetta squammosa
abundant specimens
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Lithoporella melobesioides Foslie 1909
rare specimens
Lithophyllum ghorabi Souaya 1963
rare specimens
Lithophyllum prelichenoides Lemoine 1917
common specimens
Amphiroa sp. Lamoroux 1812
uncommon specimens
Amphiroa prefragilissima Johnson 1964
uncommon specimens
Dermatolithon papillosum
uncommon specimens
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
"Lithothamnium magnum" = Lithothamnion
"Lithothamnium magnum" = Lithothamnion
uncommon specimens
Foraminifera
  -
Ophthalmidium spp. Kübler and Zwingli 1870
abundant specimens
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textularia spp. Defrance 1824
common specimens
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
Carpenteria proteiformis
abundant specimens
 Planorbulinacea - Planorbulinidae
Cibicidella variabilis d'Orbigny 1826
uncommon specimens
Planorbulina mediterranensis d'Orbigny 1826
abundant specimens
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Alveolinidae
Borelis melo
uncommon specimens
Borelis haueri
uncommon specimens
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Triloculina "sp. A" d'Orbigny 1826
rare specimens
Triloculina tricarinata
uncommon specimens
Triloculina gibba
uncommon specimens
Triloculina trigonula Lamarck 1804
uncommon specimens
Quinqueloculina spp. d'Orbigny 1826
common specimens
Quinqueloculina laevigata
common specimens
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Pyrgo cf. bulloides
uncommon specimens
Spiroloculina cf. excavata d'Orbigny 1846
uncommon specimens
Foraminifera
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
Elphidium spp. Monfort 1808
uncommon specimens
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Asterigerinatidae
Asterigerinata planorbis
uncommon specimens
 Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
Gypsina globulus
uncommon specimens
Foraminifera
 Biokovinacea - Charentiidae
Peneroplis cf. proteus
very rare specimens