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: Coilopoceras requienianum ammonoid zone, Wata Formation, Middle Turonian to Middle Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
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 114821: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 25.08.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Coilopoceras requienianum Orbigny 1841 ammonite |