East Themed area, Wata Formation, Sinai - Bed 25 (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: Wata Formation, Late/Upper Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, dolomitic limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, 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 114822: 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 - Plicatulidae
"Plicatula ferryi" = Plicatula (Plicatula) ferryi
"Plicatula ferryi" = Plicatula (Plicatula) ferryi Coquand 1862 scallop
Echinoidea
 Arbacioida - Arbaciidae