Gebel Yelleg, Themed Formation, Sinai - Bed 58 (Cretaceous to of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (30.4° N, 33.5° E: paleocoordinates 11.9° N, 28.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Themed Formation, Coniacian to Coniacian (89.8 - 83.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; 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 114908: 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.
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
"Plicatula ferryi" = Plicatula (Plicatula) ferryi
"Plicatula ferryi" = Plicatula (Plicatula) ferryi Coquand 1862 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Oscillopha dichotoma Bayle 1849 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Pycnodonte (Costeina) costei" = Pycnodonte costei
"Pycnodonte (Costeina) costei" = Pycnodonte costei Coquand 1869 oyster
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pachymya (Pachymya) sp. Sowerby 1826 clam
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae