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Abu Roash, Giza Governorate, Egypt

Lat/Long (Decimal)30.0125,31.075
Co-ordinates Derivationbased on nearby landmark
Given LocationAl Jizah, Egypt
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Giza Governorate, Egypt

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Abou RoachPriem F. (1914)not reported86.3 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Abu Roash, rudist mound, Cairo, Egyptde Castro P., Sirna G. (1996)Acteonella Seriesfloatstone89.3 - 85.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Ceriopora sp.
genus
Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Cyclostomata : Cerioporidae : Ceriopora89.3 - 85.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Anomoeodus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Pycnodontiformes : Pycnodontidae : Anomoeodus86.3 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pseudocorax affinis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Lamniformes : Anacoracidae : Pseudocorax : Pseudocorax affinis86.3 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Scapanorhynchus raphiodon
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Mitsukurinidae : Scapanorhynchus : Scapanorhynchus raphiodon86.3 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Comptoniaster fourtaui
species
Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Valvatida : Goniasteridae : Comptoniaster : Comptonia fourtaui86.3 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Comptoniaster schlumbergeri
species
Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Valvatida : Goniasteridae : Comptoniaster : Anthenea schlumbergeri86.3 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Forbesiaster wrighti
species
Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Valvatida : Goniasteridae : Forbesiaster : Forbesiaster wrighti86.3 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Metopaster teilhardi
species
Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Valvatida : Goniasteridae : Metopaster : Metopaster teilhardi86.3 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Chariaster elegans
species
Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Valvatida : Ophidiasteridae : Chariaster : Chariaster elegans86.3 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Sladenia fourtaui
species
Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Valvatida : Ophidiasteridae : Sladenia : Sladenia fourtaui86.3 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Echinidae
family
Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Camarodonta : Echinidae89.3 - 85.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Durania cornupastoris
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Radiolitidae : Durania : Durania cornupastoris89.3 - 85.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Acteonella sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Architectibranchia : Acteonellidae : Acteonella89.3 - 85.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Corallinaceae
family
Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Corallinaceae89.3 - 85.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

de Loriol P. (1909) Note sur quelques stellérides du Santonien d'Abou-Roach, Bulletin de l'Institut Egyptien 5 2, 169-184
Priem F. (1914) Sur des vertébrés du Crétacé et de l'Éocène d'Égypte, Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 14, 366-382
de Castro P., Sirna G. (1996) The Durania arnaudi biostrome of El-Hassana, Abu Roash area (Egypt), Geologica Romana 32, 69-91
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!
 
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