Where: Egypt (29.6° N, 34.4° E: paleocoordinates 10.5° N, 28.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Abu Qada Formation, Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; white, yellow limestone
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 140586: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 12.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Vascoceras durandi Thomas and Peron 1889 ammonite
Fagesia cf. peroni Pervinquiére 1907 ammonite | |
"Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) segne" = Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) segne, "Choffaticeras securiforme" = Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) segne
"Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) segne" = Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) segne Solger 1903 ammonite
"Choffaticeras securiforme" = Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) segne Solger 1903 ammonite | |
Kamerunoceras turoniense d'Orbigny 1850 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Pholadomya pedernalis Roemer 1852 clam | |
Granocardium productum Sowerby 1832 cockle | |
Paraesa faba Sowerby 1827 venus clam | |
"Plicatula auressensis" = Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis
"Plicatula auressensis" = Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis Coquand 1862 scallop | |
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Echinoidea | |
Orthopsis ovata sea urchin | |
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