Where: Egypt (28.7° N, 33.2° E: paleocoordinates 10.4° N, 28.5° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: shaly Member (Matulla Formation), Early/Lower Santonian (85.8 - 83.5 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 114805: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 25.08.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Cladoceramus undulatoplicatus Roemer 1852 clam | |
Spondylus fimbriatus Goldfuss 1835 scallop | |
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) scabra Lamarck 1819 clam | |
Echinoidea | |
"Hemiaster (Mecaster) fourneli" = Mecaster fourneli
"Hemiaster (Mecaster) fourneli" = Mecaster fourneli Agassiz and Dessor 1847 heart urchin | |
Petalobrissus waltheri sand dollar | |
Parapygus casiduloides sea urchin | |
Leptosalenia aegyptiaca sea urchin |