Gebel Kalieh (Upper Albian) (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (30.7° N, 33.5° E: paleocoordinates 8.5° N, 27.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)

• Upper Vraconian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, coarse-grained, yellow limestone

• yellow coarse limestone without oolites

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: École des Mines de Paris (most likely)

Primary reference: H. Douvillé. 1916. Les terrains secondaires dans le massif du Moghara à l’Est de l’isthme de Suez. Mémoire de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris 54(2):1-184 [L. Bulot/L. Bulot/M. Manojlovic]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 171311: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 06.07.2015

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Confusiscala cf. dupini d'Orbigny 1842 wentletrap