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Dhruma - Kehailia, North Sinai Governorate, Egypt
Formation | Dhruma |
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Member | Kehailia |
Age: | 168 - 166 Ma Middle Jurassic |
Interval | Bathonian |
Lithology | mudstone |
Number of Collections | 1 |
Number of Occurrences | 2 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Gebel El-Maghara breached anticline | North Sinai Governorate, Egypt | Dhruma - Kehailia |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Dhruma | 166 - 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | limestone, wackestone/packstone | 135 |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Rhactorhynchia pinguis species | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Tetrarhynchiidae : Rhactorhynchia : Rhactorhynchia pinguis | 168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic |
Russirhynchia fischeri species | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Tetrarhynchiidae : Russirhynchia : Russirhynchia fischeri | 168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic |
References
Hegab A. A. (1989) New occurrence of Rhynchonellida (Brachiopoda) from the Middle Jurassic of Gebel El-Maghara, northern Sinai, Journal of African Earth Sciences 9, 445-453 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!