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

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella (Torquesia) moradi" = Torquesia
"Turritella (Torquesia) moradi" = Torquesia turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Tylostomatidae
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster
Insecta
 Coleoptera - Dermestidae