Gebel Ekma, Matulla Formation, Sinai - Bed 24 (Cretaceous of Egypt)

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

• See reference for (partly lumped) abundance data.
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus fimbriatus Goldfuss 1835 scallop
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
"Hemiaster (Mecaster) fourneli" = Mecaster fourneli
"Hemiaster (Mecaster) fourneli" = Mecaster fourneli Agassiz and Dessor 1847 heart urchin
 Clypeasteroida - Faujasiidae
 Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
 Salenioida - Saleniidae