beds 27-31, Wadi Imshash Rashed, Gebel Maghara (Jurassic of Egypt)
Where: Egypt (30.7° N, 33.4° E: paleocoordinates 9.7° N, 28.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, white limestone and lithified, gray shale
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: bulk, chemical, mechanical, sieve,
Primary reference: R. Said and M. G. Barakat. 1958. Jurassic Microfossils from Gebel Maghara, Sinai, Egypt. Micropaleontology 4(3):231-272 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 99488: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 13.11.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Holothuroidea | |
Eocaudina sp. Martin 1952 sea cucumber | |
Stichopites mortenseni Deflandre-Rigaud 1952 sea cucumber | |
Foraminifera | |
Haplophragmoides sp. Cushman 1910 | |
Nodosariata | |
Frondicularia cf. spissa, Vaginulina constricta, Vaginulina sp., Citharina flabelloides, Citharina inconstans, Dentalina pseudocommonis, Dentalina sinemuriensis, Dentalina torta, Dentalina vetustissima, Planularia cordiformis, Rectoglandulina hofkeri, Rectoglandulina vulgata, Lagena ovata, Astacolus crepidula, Astacolus filosa, Astacolus pellucida, Astacolus prima
Vaginulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Vaginulinopsis misrensis, Saracenaria cornucopiae, Saracenaria cf. triangularis, Lenticulina magharaensis, Lenticulina quenstedti, Lenticulina tricarinella, "Lenticulina muensteri" = Lenticulina munsteri, Lenticulina varians
"Lenticulina muensteri" = Lenticulina munsteri Roemer 1839
Lenticulina varians Bornemann 1854 | |
Foraminifera | |
Annulina cf. metensis Terquem 1862 | |
"Conicospirillina cf. trochoides" = Spirillina trochoides, Conicospirillina planorbis
"Conicospirillina cf. trochoides" = Spirillina trochoides Berthelin 1879 | |
"Marginulina cf. oolithica" = Cristellaria (Marginulina), "Marginulina simplex" = Cristellaria (Marginulina), "Lenticulina subalata" = Cristellaria subalata, Paleogaudryina magharaensis
"Marginulina cf. oolithica" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina simplex" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Lenticulina subalata" = Cristellaria subalata Reuss 1854 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Foraminifera | |
Hyperammina sp. Brady 1879 | |
Bathysiphon sp. Sars 1872 | |
Lituotuba sp. Rhumbler 1895 | |