Where: Egypt (30.4° N, 34.5° E: paleocoordinates 7.9° N, 28.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lower Marly Member (Halal Formation), Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; gray, white limestone
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 140642: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 13.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Hemiaster gabrielis heart urchin
Hemiaster syriacus Conrad in Lynch 1852 heart urchin |