Maghara Area, Gebel Mistan, upper Nerinea bed (Cretaceous of Egypt)
Where: Egypt (30.8° N, 33.6° E: paleocoordinates 7.0° N, 28.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 113.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; brown, yellow limestone
• 0.5 to 1.5 m thickness hard, yellowish brown limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: M. S. Mekawy. 2013. Taphonomy of Aptian-Albian Beds in the Gebel Mistan, Maghara Area, Northern Sinai, Egypt. Earth Science and Climatic Change 4(2) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 151611: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 08.10.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Insecta | |
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Pseudomesalia quadrilineata skin beetle | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Turritella (Torquesia) moradi turret shell | |
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Nerinea mistanensis snail
Nerinea maghrensis snail | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster | |
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Maghrebella deserti clam | |
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Nucula (Nucula) margitifera nut clam | |