Gebel Yelleg, Galala Formation, Sinai - Bed 16 (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: Galala Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; 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 114873: 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
 Holectypoida - Holectypidae
Coenholectypus excisus Desor 1847 sea urchin
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (Nucula) margaritifera Douvillé 1916 nut clam
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
Maghrebella forgemoli Coquand 1862 clam
 Megalodontida - Dicerocardiidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Tenea delettrei Coquand 1862 clam
 Cardiida - Glossidae
Glossus aquilinus Coquand 1862 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia hillana Sowerby 1813 cockle
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes blanckenhorni El Qot 2006 mussel
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster
Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum Lamarck 1801 oyster