East Themed area, Themed Formation, Sinai - Bed 34 (Cretaceous to of Egypt)

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

• See reference for (partly lumped) abundance data.
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
"Hemiaster (Mecaster) fourneli" = Mecaster fourneli
"Hemiaster (Mecaster) fourneli" = Mecaster fourneli Agassiz and Dessor 1847 heart urchin
 Clypeasteroida - Faujasiidae
 Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus cf. bussoni Collignon 1971 mussel
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Gastropoda
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae