Gebel Yelleg, Galala Formation, Sinai - Bed 18 (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 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

• See reference for (partly lumped) abundance data.
Echinoidea
 Euechinoidea - Pseudodiadematidae
Tetragramma variolare Brongniart 1822 sea urchin
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais dutrugei Coquand 1862 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Paraesa faba Sowerby 1827 venus clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Inoperna flagellifera Forbes 1846 mussel
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma cf. tihensis Abbass 1962 file clam
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Pseudoptera anomala Sowerby 1836 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster
Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum Lamarck 1801 oyster