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 and lithified limestone
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 114874: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 25.08.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Tetragramma variolare Brongniart 1822 sea urchin | |
Gastropoda | |
Aporrhais dutrugei Coquand 1862 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Paraesa faba Sowerby 1827 venus clam | |
Inoperna flagellifera Forbes 1846 mussel | |
Plagiostoma cf. tihensis Abbass 1962 file clam | |
Pseudoptera anomala Sowerby 1836 oyster | |
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster
Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum Lamarck 1801 oyster |