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: Coilopoceras requienianum ammonoid zone, Wata Formation, Middle Turonian to Middle Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
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 114801: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 25.08.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Rachiosoma irregulare sea urchin | |
Goniopygus peroni sea urchin | |
Bivalvia | |
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) pedernalis Roemer 1852 clam | |
Cucullaea (Idonearca) trigona Seguenza 1882 clam | |
Pseudolimea itieriana Pictet and Roux 1852 file clam | |
Phelopteria gravida Coquand 1862 pearl oyster | |
Curvostrea rouvillei Coquand 1862 oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
Tylostoma (Tylostoma) cossoni Thomas and Peron 1889 snail | |
Aporrhais dutrugei Coquand 1862 snail | |
Trochactaeon salomonis snail | |
Cephalopoda | |
Coilopoceras requienianum Orbigny 1841 ammonite |