Jablonski & Raup Locality 163 (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (26.0° N, 30.0° E: paleocoordinates 12.3° N, 24.8° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology:

Primary reference: D. Jablonski and D. M. Raup. 1999. Unpublished data on Cretaceous-Paleocene molluscan assemblages. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/A. Hendy]more details

PaleoDB collection 1363: authorized by Dave Jablonski, entered by Dave Jablonski on 06.01.1993

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Taxonomic list

• history: new-26, DJ 1992, replaces old m-163, 172, 173 (vetted by DJ 1991)
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
 Arcida - Limopsidae
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
 Pectinida - Dimyidae
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula decipiens Coquand 1862 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Limatula persimilis Stoliczka 1871 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Microchlamys acuteplicatus" = Dhondtichlamys scallop
Spondylus fimbriatus Goldfuss 1835 scallop
 Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Ambigostrea villei Coquand 1862 oyster
Ambigostrea tripolitana Krumbeck 1906 oyster
"Agerostrea ungulata" = Agerostrea ungulatus Böhm 1891 oyster
Agerostrea rouxi Douville 1910 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster
Exogyra overwegi von Buch 1852 oyster
Amphidonte pyrenaicum Leymerie 1851 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Acutostrea incurva Nilsson 1827 oyster
Nicaisolopha nicaisei Coquand 1862 oyster
Oscillopha dichotoma Bayle 1849 oyster
Oscillopha figari Fourtau 1904 oyster
Rastellum sp. Faujas-St.-Fond 1799 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus typicus Forbes 1846 mussel
 Pterioida -
 Lucinida - Thyasiridae
Thyasira cretacea Whiteaves 1873 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria sp. Dall 1886 clam
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Megalodontida - Dicerocardiidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama saharica jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Aphrodina angustosinuosa Riedel 1933 venus clam
Legumen humei venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
 Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
Eufistulana aspergilloides clam
originally entered as "Eufistulana aspergilloides"
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella chargensis Quaas 1902 clam
"Crassatella matercula" = Crassatella rothii Fraas 1872 clam
Crassatella austriaca Zittel 1863 clam
Crassatella awadi Abbass 1962 clam
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
Pterotrigonia sp. van Hoepen 1929 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
Nucula lucida Böhm 1891 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana leia pointed nut clam