International Geological Journal - Official Journal of the Carpathian-Balkan Geological Association

SHORT COMMUNICATION Mogharaeceras priscum (Douville, 1916) a peculiar Barremian ammonite (Desmoceratoidea, Barremitinae) from Northern Sinai (Egypt)

Published: Dec 2011

Pages: 575 - 578

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10096-011-0041-8

Authors: LUC GEORGES BULOT, JEAN-LOUIS LATIL, JEAN VERMEULEN, MOHAMED FOUAD ALY

Abstract: The type material of the poorly known and monotypic genus Mogharaeceras is revised. Relationship with Pulchelliidae, Engonoceratidae and Barremitinae are discussed. All the available evidence suggests that Mogharaeceras is an offshoot of Barremitites and that it should be classified in the Barremitinae. New material from Egypt allows us to establish the Late Barremian age of this taxon.

Keywords: Paleontology, Barremitinae, Ammonitina, Upper Barremian, Cretaceous, Sinai, Egypt

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Volume 62 no. 6 / December 2011

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