Where: Egypt (30.4° N, 34.5° E: paleocoordinates 8.3° N, 28.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Halal Formation, Late/Upper Albian to Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 93.9 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; gray floatstone and rudstone
•in shale/marl interbeds.
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 150876: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 16.09.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Coronatica cf. ornata apple snail | |
Pyrazus valeriae de Verneuil and de Loriere 1868 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Arca (Idonearca) diceras" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) diceras
"Arca (Idonearca) diceras" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) diceras Seguenza 1882 clam | |
Phelopteria gravida Coquand 1862 pearl oyster | |
Gyrostrea delettrei, Curvostrea rouvillei, Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) vesicularis, Ceratostreon flabellatum, Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum, Ilymatogyra africana, Exogyra conica
Gyrostrea delettrei Coquand 1862 oyster
Curvostrea rouvillei Coquand 1862 oyster
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster
Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum Lamarck 1801 oyster
Ilymatogyra africana Lamarck 1801 oyster
Exogyra conica Sowerby 1813 oyster | |
Ambigostrea pseudovillei Malchus 1990 oyster | |
"Neithea (Neithea) quinquecostata" = Neithea quinquecostata
"Neithea (Neithea) quinquecostata" = Neithea quinquecostata Sowerby 1814 scallop | |
Pseudolimea itieriana Pictet and Roux 1852 file clam | |
Tenea delettrei Coquand 1862 clam | |
Paraesa faba Sowerby 1827 venus clam | |
Echinoidea | |
Heterodiadema libycum Agassiz and Desor 1846 sea urchin |