Where: Egypt (29.7° N, 34.5° E: paleocoordinates 8.6° N, 28.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Galala Formation, Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, argillaceous 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 114810: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 25.08.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Archiacia cf. palmata sea urchin | |
Coenholectypus cenomanensis sea urchin | |
Bivalvia | |
Brachidontes blanckenhorni n. sp., Septifer (Septifer) aff. samiri, Modiolus (Modiolus) cf. ligeriensis
Brachidontes blanckenhorni n. sp. El Qot 2006 mussel
Septifer (Septifer) aff. samiri Abbass 1962 mussel
Modiolus (Modiolus) cf. ligeriensis d'Orbigny 1844 mussel | |
Barbatia (Barbatia) aegyptiaca Fourtau 1917 clam | |
Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum Lamarck 1801 oyster
Ilymatogyra africana Lamarck 1801 oyster
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster | |
Phelopteria gravida Coquand 1862 pearl oyster | |
Nayadina (Nayadina) gaudryi Thomas and Peron 1891 oyster | |
Chondrodonta joannae scallop | |
Maghrebella deserti clam
Maghrebella forgemoli Coquand 1862 clam | |
Granocardium productum Sowerby 1832 cockle | |
Aenona cenomanensis, "Linearia aegyptiaca" = Linearis
Aenona cenomanensis Abbass 1962 tellin clam
"Linearia aegyptiaca" = Linearis tellin clam | |
Tenea delettrei Coquand 1862 clam
Arctica inornata clam | |
Glossus aquilinus Coquand 1862 clam | |
Praeradiolites biskraensis rudist | |
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) scabra Lamarck 1819 clam | |
Nucula (Nucula) margaritifera Douvillé 1916 nut clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Angulithes mermeti Montfort 1802 nautiloid | |
Gastropoda | |
Mrhilaia haugi snail | |
Nerinea gemmifera snail | |
Pyrazus (Pyrazus) valeriae de Verneuil and de Loriere 1868 snail | |
Pterodonta deffisi snail
Tylostoma (Tylostoma) cossoni Thomas and Peron 1889 snail | |
Harpagodes heberti, "Pterocera incerta" = Harpagodes nodosus, Aporrhais dutrugei, Checchiaia sanfilippoi
Harpagodes heberti snail
"Pterocera incerta" = Harpagodes nodosus Sowerby 1823 snail
Aporrhais dutrugei Coquand 1862 snail
Checchiaia sanfilippoi snail | |