PBDB Collection

sample 429, Gebel Somor, northwest of Bir Maghara (Jurassic of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (30.7° N, 33.4° E: paleocoordinates 10.3° N, 27.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, gray packstone

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 99487: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 13.11.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Tubothalamea
Miliolida - Hauerinidae	Quinqueloculina compressa Quinqueloculina compressa
Miliolida - Cornuspiridae	Cornuspira cf. orbicula Cornuspira cf. orbicula Terquem and Berthelin 1875
Nodosariata
Nodosariida - Nodosariidae	Planularia cordiformis, Rectoglandulina abbreviata, Rectoglandulina humilis, Astacolus prima, Dentalina arbuscula, Dentalina sinemuriensis, Vaginulina constricta, Vaginulina legumen, Nodosaria crispata, Nodosaria dolioligera, Nodosaria fontinensis, Nodosaria mitis, Nodosaria simplex Planularia cordiformis Rectoglandulina abbreviata Rectoglandulina humilis Astacolus prima Dentalina arbuscula Dentalina sinemuriensis Vaginulina constricta Vaginulina legumen Nodosaria crispata Nodosaria dolioligera Nodosaria fontinensis Nodosaria mitis Nodosaria simplex
Robertinida - Epistominidae	Epistomina costifera Epistomina costifera
Vaginulinida - Lagenidae	Lingulina cernua, Lingulina pupa Lingulina cernua Lingulina pupa
Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae	Saracenaria cf. triangularis, Lenticulina sp., Lenticulina varians Saracenaria cf. triangularis Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804 Lenticulina varians Bornemann 1854
Foraminifera
Lituolida - Haplophragmoididae	Haplophragmoides barthouxi Haplophragmoides barthouxi
Lituolida - Lituolidae	Ammobaculites fontinensis Ammobaculites fontinensis
Trochamminacea - Trochamminidae	Trochammina bartensteini Trochammina bartensteini
- Spiroplectamminidae	Spiroplectammina biformis Spiroplectammina biformis Parker and Jones 1876
-	"Lenticulina subalata" = Cristellaria subalata "Lenticulina subalata" = Cristellaria subalata Reuss 1854
Holothuroidea
Apodida - Achistridae	"Achistrum bartensteini" = Achistrum monochordata "Achistrum bartensteini" = Achistrum monochordata Hodson et al. 1956 sea cucumber
Apodida - Chiridotidae	Theelia sinaiensis Theelia sinaiensis Said and Barakat 1958 sea cucumber
- Stichopitidae	Stichopites mortenseni Stichopites mortenseni Deflandre-Rigaud 1952 sea cucumber
- Priscopedatidae	Priscopedatus aegyptiacus, Priscopedatus frizzelli Priscopedatus aegyptiacus Said and Barakat 1958 sea cucumber Priscopedatus frizzelli Said and Barakat 1958 sea cucumber
Dendrochirotida - Calclamnidae	Eocaudina sp., Calclamna sp. Eocaudina sp. Martin 1952 sea cucumber Calclamna sp. Frizzell and Exline 1955 sea cucumber
Molpadiida - Molpadiidae	Calcligula jurassica n. sp. Calcligula jurassica n. sp. Said and Barakat 1958 sea cucumber