Where: Egypt (29.7° N, 34.5° E: paleocoordinates 10.6° N, 28.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Choffaticeras sinaiticum - Thomasites rollandi ammonoid zone, Abu Qada Formation, Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, original aragonite, original calcite
Collection methods: Description of collected corals, coralline sponges, and bryozoans is outside the scope of the study.
Primary reference: G. M. El Qot. 2006. Late Cretaceous macrofossils from Sinai, Egypt. Beringeria 36:3-163 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 114815: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 25.08.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Tylostoma (Tylostoma) globosum Sharpe 1849 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Cucullaea (Idonearca) thevestensis Coquand 1862 clam | |
Phelopteria gravida Coquand 1862 pearl oyster | |
Pseudoptera themedensis n. sp.
Pseudoptera themedensis n. sp. El Qot 2006 oyster | |
Curvostrea rouvillei Coquand 1862 oyster
Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster | |
Camptonectes virgatus Nilsson 1827 scallop | |
Pseudolimea itieriana Pictet and Roux 1852 file clam | |
"Plicatula auressensis" = Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis, "Plicatula ferryi" = Plicatula (Plicatula) ferryi
"Plicatula auressensis" = Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis Coquand 1862 scallop
"Plicatula ferryi" = Plicatula (Plicatula) ferryi Coquand 1862 scallop | |
Crassatella (Rochella) tenuicostata, "Crassatella matercula" = Crassatella rothii
"Crassatella matercula" = Crassatella rothii Fraas 1872 clam | |
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) pedernalis Roemer 1852 clam | |
Aenona cenomanensis Abbass 1962 tellin clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Fagesia catinus Mantell 1822 ammonite | |
Thomasites rollandi Peron 1890 ammonite
Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) sinaiticum Douvillé 1928 ammonite | |
Echinoidea | |
Coenholectypus turonensis sea urchin | |
"Hemiaster (Mecaster) heberti" = Mecaster
"Hemiaster (Mecaster) heberti" = Mecaster heart urchin | |
Orthopsis cf. ovata sea urchin | |
Phymosoma major sea urchin |