Gebel Yelleg, Galala Formation, Sinai - Bed 5 (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (30.4° N, 33.5° E: paleocoordinates 9.4° N, 27.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Orbitolina conica foram zone, Galala Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified dolomite

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: 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 114867: 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
 Euechinoidea - Pseudodiadematidae
Tetragramma variolare Brongniart 1822 sea urchin
 Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Goniopygus menardi Desmarest in Defrance 1925 sea urchin