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
Echinoidea | |
Coenholectypus excisus Desor 1847 sea urchin | |
Gastropoda | |
Bivalvia | |
Nucula (Nucula) margaritifera Douvillé 1916 nut clam | |
Tenea delettrei Coquand 1862 clam | |
Glossus aquilinus Coquand 1862 clam | |
Protocardia hillana Sowerby 1813 cockle | |
Maghrebella forgemoli Coquand 1862 clam | |
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) scabra Lamarck 1819 clam | |
Brachidontes blanckenhorni El Qot 2006 mussel | |
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster
Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum Lamarck 1801 oyster | |
Barbatia (Barbatia) aegyptiaca Fourtau 1917 clam |