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Fig. 16

From: Kasimovian (late Pennsylvanian) cornute rugose corals from Egypt: taxonomy, facies and palaeogeography of a cool-water fauna from northern Gondwana

Fig. 16

Time-averaged mixed carbonate–siliciclastic ramp model for the late Moscovian–Gzhelian (Early Permian?) Rod El Hamal and Aheimer formations of the Proto-Clysmic Basin of Reynolds et al. (1997a, 1997b), western side of the Gulf of Suez. Hypothetical position of the Aheimer Formation south of the Rod El Hamal Formation during late Moscovian deposition of the latter to show a seaward–landward transect at the southern margin of the Palaeotethys. During continued regression the facies belts moved northwards; the Aheimer Formation overlaps the Rod El Hamal and in present outcrop is exposed north of it at the eastern rim of the Northern Galala Plateau. Phylloid algal–microbial mounds according to Abd-Elhameed et al. (2021) and terrigenous facies of the middle-upper Aheimer Formation based on Abou Khadra et al. (2012)

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