Gebel Ekma, Abu Qada Formation, Sinai - Bed 10 (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (28.7° N, 33.2° E: paleocoordinates 9.8° N, 27.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Choffaticeras segne - Choffaticeras sinaiticum ammonoid zone, lower Member (Abu Qada Formation), Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified marl and lithified shale

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 114799: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 24.08.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• See reference for (partly lumped) abundance data.
Echinoidea
 Calycina - Phymosomatidae
Phymosoma major sea urchin
 Holectypoida - Holectypidae
 Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
"Hemiaster (Mecaster) heberti" = Mecaster
"Hemiaster (Mecaster) heberti" = Mecaster heart urchin
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Curvostrea rouvillei Coquand 1862 oyster
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Phelopteria gravida Coquand 1862 pearl oyster
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
"Plicatula auressensis" = Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis
"Plicatula auressensis" = Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis Coquand 1862 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Pseudolimea itieriana Pictet and Roux 1852 file clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae
Vascoceras cf. durandi Thomas and Peron 1889 ammonite
Fagesia catinus Mantell 1822 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Pseudotissotiidae
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Procerithiidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Campanilidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Tylostomatidae
Tylostoma (Tylostoma) pallaryi Peron and Fortau 1904 snail
Tylostoma (Tylostoma) cossoni Thomas and Peron 1889 snail