Djebel Tih Sinai Jurassic clay and silt layer (Jurassic of Egypt)

Where: Sinaï, Egypt (33.0° N, 29.0° E: paleocoordinates 14.1° N, 25.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kurnub Formation, Jurassic (201.3 - 145.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: siltstone and claystone

• This Jurassic series: 10m of sandstone overlain by about 4m of silt and clay with the flora. Above these 27m sandstone with silty intercalation follow which end in an irregular ferruginous surface. Above about 70m usually massive in part reddish to purplish sandstones follow with their top formed by an up to 4m thick baltic sill.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression, original carbon, original cellulose

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: J. H. A. van Konijnenburg-van Cittert and K. Bandel. 2001. Jurassic plants from Djebel Tih, Sinai. Mitt. Geol.-Paläont. Inst. Univ. Hamburg 85:47-64 [C. Looy/F. Verbruggen/F. Verbruggen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31297: authorized by Cindy Looy, entered by Frederike Verbruggen on 01.05.2003, edited by Cindy Looy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Sellingia microloba
LORCH (LORCH 1967b); rare
Classostrobus harrisianus
(LORCH) ALVIN et al. (LORCH 1968); male cone
? Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
seed
? Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
female cone
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Pagiophyllum ramonensis
(LORCH) nov. comb. (LORH 1967b)
Brachyphyllum cf. lorchii
RAAB et al. 1986
Brachyphyllum cf. mamillare Brongniart 1828
LINDLEY ET HUTTON (LORCH 1967a, b)
Watsoniocladus ramonensis
(CHALONER ET LORCH)
Hirmeriella sp. Hörhammer 1933
female cones; ovuliform scale
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
cf. Sphenopteris fittonii
(LORCH 1967a); common
Pteridopsida
 Filicales -
Aspidistes beckeri
LORCH (LORCH 1967b); rare
Polypodiopsida
 Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Neocalamites sp. Halle 1908
Equisetum columnare Brongniart 1828 horsetail
BRONGNIART
  - Polypodiaceae
Onychiopsis tenuiloba
LORCH (LORCH 1967b); common
Spiropteris
  -
Spiropteris sp. Schimper 1869
(CARPENTER ET FARAG 1948);
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
"Elatocladus cf. confertus" = Elatocladus conferta
"Elatocladus cf. confertus" = Elatocladus conferta Feistmantel 1877 podocarp
(OLDHAM) HALLE
 Bennettitales -
Otozamites sp. Braun 1843
Masculostrobus
  -
Masculostrobus sp. Seward 1911
male cone