Where: Egypt (30.4° N, 33.5° E: paleocoordinates 11.4° N, 27.7° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Coilopoceras requienianum ammonoid zone, upper carbonate Member (Wata Formation), Middle Turonian to Middle Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
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 114904: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 25.08.2011, edited by Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Coilopoceras requienianum Orbigny 1841 ammonite | |
Thomasites rollandi, "Choffaticeras segne" = Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) segne
Thomasites rollandi Peron 1890 ammonite
"Choffaticeras segne" = Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) segne Solger 1903 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) pedernalis Roemer 1852 clam | |
Radiolites cf. lewyi, Radiolites sauvagesi, Praeradiolites ponsianus, Durania humei, Durania gaensis, "Durania arnaudi" = Durania cornupastoris, Distefanella cf. lombricalis
Radiolites sauvagesi d'Hombres-Firmas 1838 rudist
Praeradiolites ponsianus rudist
Durania humei rudist
Durania gaensis Dacque 1903 rudist
"Durania arnaudi" = Durania cornupastoris Des Moulins 1826 rudist
Distefanella cf. lombricalis rudist |