Gebel El-Hamra, Themed Formation, Sinai - Bed 29 (Cretaceous to of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (30.0° N, 32.7° E: paleocoordinates 11.7° N, 27.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• 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; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: 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 114913: 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
 Holasteroida - Holasteridae