Sinai, zone ϵ, section VI (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (29.0° N, 33.7° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 12.4° N, 38.6° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithology not reported

• bank-margin and open-marine facies

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: J. Kuss and M. A. Conrad. 1991. Calcareous Algae from Cretaceous Carbonates of Egypt, Sinai, and Southern Jordan. Journal of Paleontology 65(5) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 148294: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 16.07.2013

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Taxonomic list

Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Boueina sp. Toula 1883
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Neomeris cretacea Steinmann 1899
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831