Where: Egypt (28.7° N, 33.2° E: paleocoordinates 11.9° N, 28.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Sudr Chalk Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• * bed not numbered in original reference, overlies bed 34 (Matulla Formation, Phosphatic Member)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified chalk
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 114863: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 25.08.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster |