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Samadai, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt

FormationSamadai
Age:3.60 - 0.01 Ma
Cenozoic
IntervalLate Pliocene - Pleistocene
Lithologylimestone/conglomerate
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences17

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Marsa AlamRed Sea Governorate, EgyptSamadai

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Fungia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Fungiidae : Fungia3.6 - 0.0117 Ma
Cenozoic
Cyphastrea serailia
species
7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Cyphastrea : Cyphastrea serailia3.6 - 0.0117 Ma
Cenozoic
Echinopora gemmacea
species
7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Echinopora : Echinopora gemmacea3.6 - 0.0117 Ma
Cenozoic
Favites complanata
species
7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Favites : Favites complanata3.6 - 0.0117 Ma
Cenozoic
Goniastrea retiformis
species
7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Goniastrea : Goniastrea retiformis3.6 - 0.0117 Ma
Cenozoic
Platygyra daedalea
species
7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Platygyra : Platygyra daedalea3.6 - 0.0117 Ma
Cenozoic
Porites solida
species
7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Poritidae : Porites : Porites solida3.6 - 0.0117 Ma
Cenozoic
Heterocentrotus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Camarodonta : Echinometridae : Heterocentrotus3.6 - 0.0117 Ma
Cenozoic
Clypeaster sp.
genus
6Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Clypeasteroida : Clypeasteridae : Clypeaster3.6 - 0.0117 Ma
Cenozoic
Clypeaster reticulatus
species
7Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Clypeasteroida : Clypeasteridae : Clypeaster : Clypeaster reticulatus3.6 - 0.0117 Ma
Cenozoic
Jacksonaster depressus
species
7Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Clypeasteroida : Laganidae : Jacksonaster : Jacksonaster depressus3.6 - 0.0117 Ma
Cenozoic
Cardium sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardium3.6 - 0.0117 Ma
Cenozoic
Lucina sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Lucinidae : Lucina3.6 - 0.0117 Ma
Cenozoic
Lithophaga sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : Lithophaga3.6 - 0.0117 Ma
Cenozoic
Hyotissa virleti
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : Hyotissa : Hyotissa virleti3.6 - 0.0117 Ma
Cenozoic
Gloripallium pallium
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Gloripallium : Gloripallium pallium3.6 - 0.0117 Ma
Cenozoic
Pecten vasseli
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Pecten : Pecten vasseli3.6 - 0.0117 Ma
Cenozoic

References

Kora M., Abdel-Fattah Z. (2000) Pliocene and Plio-Pleistocene macrofauna from the Red Sea coastal plain (Egypt): biostratigraphy and biogeography, Geologica et Palaeontologica 34, 219-235
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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