Gabal Nukhul: Um Bogma Fm (Carboniferous of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (29.1° N, 33.1° E: paleocoordinates 36.0° S, 32.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: El Qor Member (Um Bogma Formation), Visean (346.7 - 330.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: M. Kora. 1995. Carboniferous macrofauna from Sinai, Egypt: biostratigraphy and paleogeography. Journal of African Earth Sciences 20(1):37-51 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/P. Wall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 46983: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 28.01.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Polycoeliidae
Sochkineophyllum sp. Grabau 1928 horn coral
 Stauriida - Laccophyllidae
Amplexocarinia sp. Soshkina 1928 horn coral
 Stauriida - Antiphyllidae
Bradyphyllum sp. Grabau 1928 horn coral
 Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
 Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Pleurosiphonella sp. Chudinova 1970 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Cladochonus sp. M'Coy 1847 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Micheliniidae
Michelinia egertoni tabulate coral
 Favositida - Palaeacidae
Palaeacis aff. snideri tabulate coral
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon sp. de Montfort 1808 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Saharopteriidae
Saharopteria sinaitica Jux and Omara 1983 scallop
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
 Productida - Productidae
 Productida - Productellidae
Antiquatonia sp., "Eomarginifera longispina" = Eomarginifera longispinus
Antiquatonia sp. Miloradovich 1945
"Eomarginifera longispina" = Eomarginifera longispinus Sowerby 1814
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Marginovatia manardensis Gordon and Henry 1990
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Pugnacidae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella michelini L'Eveille 1835
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
 Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
 Spiriferida - Choristitidae
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Chondrichthyes
 Psammodontiformes - Psammodontidae
Psammodus sp. Agassiz 1834 chimaera
 Cochliodontiformes - Psephodontidae
Psephodus sp. Morris and Roberts 1862 chimaera