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Gharra, Suez Governorate, Egypt

FormationGharra
Age:20.4 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
IntervalBurdigalian
Lithologylimestone
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences8

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Gebel GharraSuez Governorate, EgyptGharra

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Acropora sp.
genus
6Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Acropora20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Palaeoplesiastraea turonensis
species
7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Columastreidae : Palaeoplesiastraea : Palaeoplesiastraea turonensis20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Balanophyllia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Dendrophylliidae : Balanophyllia20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Dendrophyllia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Dendrophylliidae : Dendrophyllia20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Tarbellastraea reussiana
species
7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Tarbellastraea : Tarbellastraea reussiana20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Flabellum sp.
genus
6Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Flabellidae : Flabellum20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Favites neglecta
species
7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Favites : Favites neglecta20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Alveopora sp.
genus
6Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Acroporidae : Alveopora20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene

References

Schuster F. (2002) Early Miocene corals and associated sediments of the northwestern Gulf of Suez,Egypt, Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 239, 57-81
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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