Gabal Maaza, Halal Fm, GM III (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (30.7° N, 33.5° E: paleocoordinates 9.8° N, 27.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Halal Formation, Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone and marl

• inner shelf setting or carbonate platform interior, affected by storm events
• These rudist beds are mainly built up of limestone intercalated with marl and dolostone.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: Y. F. Salama, G. I. Abdel-Gawad, S. G. Saber, S. H. El-Shazly, G. M. Grammer and S. Oezer. 2016. Chemostratigraphy of the Cenomanian-Turonian shallow-water carbonate: new correlation for the rudist levels from north Sinai, Egypt. Arabian Journal of Geosciences 9(755) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 184770: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 22.03.2017

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Eoradiolites liratus
Eoradiolites liratus Conrad 1852 rudist
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Costagyra olisiponensis
Costagyra olisiponensis Sharpe 1850 oyster