East Themed area, Abu Qada Formation, Sinai - Bed 10 (Cretaceous of Egypt)

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

• See reference for (partly lumped) abundance data.
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes virgatus Nilsson 1827 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Limatula cf. subaequilateralis d'Orbigny 1847 file clam
Pseudolimea itieriana Pictet and Roux 1852 file clam
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae
Vascoceras harttii Hyatt 1870 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Pseudotissotiidae
"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