Where: Egypt (30.7° N, 33.5° E: paleocoordinates 10.3° N, 28.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, original aragonite, replaced with silica
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 171262: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 05.07.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Terebratula lamberti Douville 1886 | |
Bivalvia | |
"Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster | |
Arctostrea amor d'Orbigny 1850 oyster | |
Gervillia sp. Defrance 1820 oyster | |
Pinna sublanceolata d'Orbigny 1850 oyster | |
"Plagiostoma cf. rigidum" = Lima (Plagiostoma) rigida, Ctenostreon proboscideum, "Limatula consobrina" = Lima (Limatula) consobrina
"Plagiostoma cf. rigidum" = Lima (Plagiostoma) rigida Sowerby 1815 file clam
Ctenostreon proboscideum Sowerby 1820 file clam
"Limatula consobrina" = Lima (Limatula) consobrina d'Orbigny 1845 file clam | |
Pecten (Plesiopecten) subspinosus, "Pecten fibrosus" = Radulopecten fibrosus
Pecten (Plesiopecten) subspinosus Schlotheim 1822 scallop
"Pecten fibrosus" = Radulopecten fibrosus Sowerby 1816 scallop | |
"Pecten demissus" = Entolium demissus
"Pecten demissus" = Entolium demissus Phillips 1835 scallop | |
Pholadomya laeviuscula Agassiz 1842 clam | |
Myoconcha cf. rathieri d'Orbigny 1850 clam | |
Pleuromya varians Agassiz 1845 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Perisphinctes cf. birmensdorfensis Moesch 1867 ammonite | |
"Nautilus desertorum n. sp." = Eutrephoceras douvillei
"Nautilus desertorum n. sp." = Eutrephoceras douvillei Spath 1927 nautiloid | |
"Nautilus cf. hexagonus" = Paracenoceras hexagonum, "Nautilus giganteus" = Paracenoceras giganteum
"Nautilus cf. hexagonus" = Paracenoceras hexagonum Sowerby 1826 nautiloid
"Nautilus giganteus" = Paracenoceras giganteum d'Orbigny 1842 nautiloid | |
Echinoidea | |
Cidaris schlonbachi Moesch 1867 pencil urchin | |
Rhabdocidaris copeoides Agassiz and Desor 1847 pencil urchin |