Where: Egypt (28.9° N, 32.7° E: paleocoordinates 8.1° N, 27.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• Middle Cenomanian age
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; black marl and limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: S. El-Shazly, M. Kostak, G. Abdel-Gawad, B. Klouckova, S.G. Saber, Y. Felieh Salama, and M. Mazuch and K. 2011. Carbon and oxygen stable isotopes of selected Cenomanian and Turonian rudists from Egypt and Czech Republic, and a note on changes in rudist diversity. Bulletin of Geosciences 86(2):209-226 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 151581: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 07.10.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Acanthoceras amphibolum Morrow 1935 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Biradiolites zumoffeni rudist
Eoradiolites liratus Conrad 1852 rudist | |
Echinoidea | |
Hemiaster cubicus heart urchin |