Where: Egypt (29.7° N, 34.5° E: paleocoordinates 11.0° N, 28.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Themed Formation, Coniacian to Coniacian (89.8 - 83.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; 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 114825: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 25.08.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
"Hemiaster (Mecaster) fourneli" = Mecaster fourneli
"Hemiaster (Mecaster) fourneli" = Mecaster fourneli Agassiz and Dessor 1847 heart urchin | |
Petalobrissus waltheri sand dollar | |
Goniopygus innesi sea urchin | |
Bivalvia | |
Mytilus cf. bussoni Collignon 1971 mussel | |
Gyrostrea thevestensis oyster
Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster | |
Cucullaea (Idonearca) maresi Coquand 1880 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Neritopsis abbatei snail | |
Mesalia cf. sphyngis turret shell | |
Helicaulax themedensis snail | |
Caricella stromboides volute |