Where: Egypt (29.3° N, 34.7° E: paleocoordinates 8.2° N, 28.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Galala Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian to Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open 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 150675: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 12.09.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Heterodiadema libycum Agassiz and Desor 1846 sea urchin | |
Phymosoma abbatei sea urchin
Phymosoma sinaeum sea urchin
Rachiosoma irregulare sea urchin
Rachiosoma geysi sea urchin | |
Orthopsis ovata sea urchin | |
"Hemiaster (Mecaster) heberti" = Mecaster, "Hemiaster (Mecaster) fourneli" = Mecaster fourneli
"Hemiaster (Mecaster) fourneli" = Mecaster fourneli Agassiz and Dessor 1847 heart urchin | |
Coenholectypus turonensis sea urchin
Coenholectypus larteti Cotteau 1869 sea urchin | |
Micropedina olisiponensis Forbes in Sharpe 1850 sea urchin | |
Goniopygus menardi Desmarest in Defrance 1925 sea urchin | |
Gastropoda | |
? Fasciolariidae indet. Gray 1853 snail | |
Aporrhais sp. da Costa 1778 snail | |
Columbellina fusiformis Douvillé 1916 snail | |
Tylostoma (Tylostoma) globosum Sharpe 1849 snail
Tylostoma cossoni Thomas and Peron 1889 snail | |
Calliomphalus orientalis snail | |
Neoptyxis olisiponensis snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Radiolites sauvagesi d'Hombres-Firmas 1838 rudist | |
Tenea delettrei Coquand 1862 clam | |
Glossus aquilinus Coquand 1862 clam | |
Paraesa faba Sowerby 1827 venus clam
Meretrix desvauxi Coquand 1862 venus clam | |
Granocardium (Granocardium) productum Sowerby 1832 cockle
Protocardia hillana Sowerby 1813 cockle | |
Clisocolus corrugatus Popenoe 1937 clam | |
Modiolus (Modiolus) aequalis Sowerby 1818 mussel | |
Neithea (Neithea) dutrugei Dutrugei 1862 scallop | |
Pseudolimea itieriana Pictet and Roux 1852 file clam | |
Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis Coquand 1862 scallop
Plicatula (Plicatula) ferryi Coquand 1862 scallop | |
Chondrodonta joannae scallop | |
Nayadina (Nayadina) gaudryi Thomas and Peron 1891 oyster | |
Phelopteria atra pearl oyster
Phelopteria gravida Coquand 1862 pearl oyster | |
Rastellum carinatum Lamarck 1806 oyster | |
Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) vesicularis, Exogyra conica, Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum, Costagyra olisiponensis, Gyrostrea cf. anubis, Curvostrea rouvillei
Exogyra conica Sowerby 1813 oyster
Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum Lamarck 1801 oyster
Costagyra olisiponensis Sharpe 1850 oyster
Gyrostrea cf. anubis Malchus 1990 oyster
Curvostrea rouvillei Coquand 1862 oyster | |
Cucullaea (Idonearca) thevestensis Coquand 1862 clam
Cucullaea (Idonearca) trigona Seguenza 1882 clam | |
Anthozoa | |
Cladocora sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral |