Where: Egypt (29.6° N, 32.8° E: paleocoordinates 11.2° N, 27.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: CA4 zone, Late/Upper Coniacian (89.3 - 85.8 Ma)
• Oberconiac, CA4 - Zone
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; sandy marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by El-Hedeny
• COLLECTOR: Presumably by the author, M. El-Hedeny, c. 2000. REPOSITORY: Geology Dept., Faculty of Science, Alexandria University.
Primary reference: N. Malchus. 1990. Revision der Kreide-Austern (Bivalvia: Pteriomorphia) Ägyptens (Biostratigraphie, Systematik). Berliner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen A(125) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 185810: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 18.05.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Oscillopha dichotoma Bayle 1849 oyster | |
"Pycnodonte (Costeina) costei" = Pycnodonte costei
"Pycnodonte (Costeina) costei" = Pycnodonte costei Coquand 1869 oyster |