Where: Egypt (29.3° N, 34.7° E: paleocoordinates 8.2° N, 28.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Galala Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian to Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; wackestone and marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: W. Ayoub-Hannaa and F. T. Fürsich. 2012. Palaeoecology and environmental significance of benthic associations from the Cenomanian-Turonian of eastern Sinai, Egypt. Beringeria (42)93-138 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 150614: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 12.09.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Tortoflabellum sp. Squires 1958 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Pchelinsevia coquandiana top snail | |
Pyrazus valeriae de Verneuil and de Loriere 1868 snail | |
Ampullina dupinii snail | |
Tylostoma cossoni Thomas and Peron 1889 snail
Pterodonta sp. d'Orbigny 1843 snail
Pterodonta deffisi snail | |
Aporrhais sp. da Costa 1778 snail
Harpagodes cf. heberti snail
Harpagodes nodosus Sowerby 1823 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Cucullaea cf. favrei clam | |
Chondrodonta joannae scallop | |
Plicatula (Plicatula) ferryi Coquand 1862 scallop | |
Neithea (Neithea) sp. Drouet 1824 scallop
Neithea (Neithea) dutrugei Dutrugei 1862 scallop | |
Clisocolus corrugatus Popenoe 1937 clam | |
Apricardia noncarinata rudist | |
"Ichthyosarcolites sp." = Icthyosarcolites
"Ichthyosarcolites sp." = Icthyosarcolites Desmarest 1817 rudist | |
Praeradiolites sp. Douvillé 1902 rudist
Eoradiolites liratus Conrad 1852 rudist | |