Where: Egypt (29.7° N, 34.5° E: paleocoordinates 11.0° N, 28.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Themed Formation, Coniacian to Coniacian (89.8 - 83.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; 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 114826: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 25.08.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Petalobrissus waltheri sand dollar | |
Pygorhynchus aegyptiacus sea urchin | |
"Hemiaster (Mecaster) fourneli" = Mecaster fourneli
"Hemiaster (Mecaster) fourneli" = Mecaster fourneli Agassiz and Dessor 1847 heart urchin | |
Pseudoholaster meslei sea urchin | |
Bivalvia | |
Cucullaea (Idonearca) maresi Coquand 1880 clam | |
Oscillopha dichotoma Bayle 1849 oyster | |
"Plicatula ferryi" = Plicatula (Plicatula) ferryi
"Plicatula ferryi" = Plicatula (Plicatula) ferryi Coquand 1862 scallop | |
Plagiostoma subsimplex Thomas and Peron 1891 file clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Aporrhais fourneli snail |