Where: Egypt (30.4° N, 33.5° E: paleocoordinates 11.8° N, 28.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Metatissotia ewaldi ammonoid zone, Themed Formation, Middle Coniacian (89.3 - 85.8 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified marl
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 114906: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 25.08.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Metatissotia ewaldi von Buch 1848 ammonite |