Where: Egypt (29.7° N, 34.5° E: paleocoordinates 10.6° N, 28.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Choffaticeras securiforme - Vascoceras harttii ammonoid zone, Abu Qada Formation, Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified marl
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 114814: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 25.08.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Camptonectes virgatus Nilsson 1827 scallop | |
Limatula cf. subaequilateralis d'Orbigny 1847 file clam
Pseudolimea itieriana Pictet and Roux 1852 file clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Vascoceras harttii Hyatt 1870 ammonite | |
"Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) segne" = Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) segne, "Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) quaasi" = Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) segne, "Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) securiforme" = Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) segne
"Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) segne" = Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) segne Solger 1903 ammonite
"Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) quaasi" = Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) segne Solger 1903 ammonite
"Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) securiforme" = Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) segne Solger 1903 ammonite |