Wadi Quseib, Bed 97 (Cretaceous of Egypt)
Where: Egypt (29.3° N, 34.7° E: paleocoordinates 10.1° N, 28.5° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Wata Formation, Middle Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; sandy shale
• sandy, fossiliferous shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: W. S. Ayoub-Hannaa. 2011. Taxonomy and palaeoecology of the Cenomanian-Turonian macroinvertebrates from eastern Sinai, Egypt (part A). 1-418 [M. Aberhan/T. Schossleitner/T. Schossleitner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 140320: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 07.03.2013
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Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
Pholadomya fabrina clam | |
Paraesa faba Sowerby 1827 venus clam | |
Gyrostrea cf. anubis Malchus 1990 oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
Tylostoma cossoni Thomas and Peron 1889 snail | |
Cephalopoda | |
Coilopoceras requienianum Orbigny 1841 ammonite | |
Echinoidea | |
Rachiosoma irregulare sea urchin
Phymosoma abbatei sea urchin | |
"Hemiaster fourneli" = Mecaster fourneli, Hemiaster heberti
"Hemiaster fourneli" = Mecaster fourneli Agassiz and Dessor 1847 heart urchin |