East Themed, bed 23 (Cretaceous of Egypt)

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

• yellowish-white, moderately hard, fossiliferous 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
 Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae
Vascoceras durandi Thomas and Peron 1889 ammonite
Fagesia cf. peroni Pervinquiére 1907 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Pseudotissotiidae
"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
 Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Kamerunoceras turoniense d'Orbigny 1850 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya pedernalis Roemer 1852 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium productum Sowerby 1832 cockle
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Paraesa faba Sowerby 1827 venus clam
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
"Plicatula auressensis" = Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis
"Plicatula auressensis" = Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis Coquand 1862 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster
Pycnodonte vesicularis vesiculosa
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Echinoidea
 Euechinoidea - Orthopsidae
Orthopsis ovata sea urchin
 Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Hemiaster heberti heart urchin
Hemiaster heberti turonensis