Where: Egypt (30.4° N, 34.5° E: paleocoordinates 9.3° N, 28.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Carbonate Member (Halal Formation), Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; gray limestone and green, yellow marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
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 140612: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 12.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Osteomya sp. Moesch 1874 clam | |
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster
Ilymatogyra africana Lamarck 1801 oyster
Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum Lamarck 1801 oyster
Gyrostrea delettrei Coquand 1862 oyster | |
Echinoidea | |
Hemiaster syriacus Conrad in Lynch 1852 heart urchin |