Where: Egypt (30.7° N, 33.5° E: paleocoordinates 7.7° N, 27.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, fine-grained, ferruginous, ooidal limestone
Size class: macrofossils
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 171276: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 05.07.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Exogyra boussingaulti" = Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) boussingaulti
"Exogyra boussingaulti" = Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) boussingaulti d'Orbigny 1842 oyster | |
Cardita dupini d'Orbigny 1843 clam | |
Granocardium quinquecostatum n. sp.
Granocardium quinquecostatum n. sp. Douvillé 1916 cockle | |
Cyprina (Anisocardia) hermitei Choffat 1901 clam | |
Meretrix (Flaventia) deserti n. sp., Meretrix (Flaventia) brongniarti, Meretrix (Flaventia) orientalis n. sp.
Meretrix (Flaventia) deserti n. sp. Douvillé 1916 venus clam
Meretrix (Flaventia) brongniarti Leymerie 1842 venus clam
Meretrix (Flaventia) orientalis n. sp. Douvillé 1916 venus clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Hamites cf. compressus" = Planohamites compressus
"Hamites cf. compressus" = Planohamites compressus Sowerby 1814 ammonite | |
Knemiceras uhligi Choffat 1886 ammonite | |
Crioceras cf. munieri Sarasin and Schondelmayer 1902 ammonite | |
"Desmoceras beudanti" = Beudanticeras beudanti
"Desmoceras beudanti" = Beudanticeras beudanti Brongniart 1822 ammonite | |
"Silesites nepos" = Neosilesites nepos
"Silesites nepos" = Neosilesites nepos Douvillé 1916 ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |
Nerinella cf. algarbiensis Choffat 1901 snail | |
Diastoma ornatum n. sp.
Diastoma ornatum n. sp. Douvillé 1916 snail | |
Pyrazus valeriae de Verneuil and de Loriere 1868 snail | |
Columbellina fusiformis Douvillé 1916 snail | |
Perissoptera sp. Tate 1865 snail | |
Foraminifera | |
Orbitolina cf. concava Lamarck 1816 |