Where: Egypt (29.6° N, 34.4° E: paleocoordinates 8.6° N, 28.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Abu Qada Formation, Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; gray, yellow marl
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 140584: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 12.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Cucullaea trigona Seguenza 1882 clam | |
"Plicatula auressensis" = Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis
"Plicatula auressensis" = Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis Coquand 1862 scallop | |
Ilymatogyra africana Lamarck 1801 oyster
Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum Lamarck 1801 oyster | |
Phelopteria gravida Coquand 1862 pearl oyster | |
Protocardia hillana Sowerby 1813 cockle | |
Pholadomya pedernalis Roemer 1852 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
""Strombus" incertus" = Harpagodes nodosus
""Strombus" incertus" = Harpagodes nodosus Sowerby 1823 snail |