Galala-Plateau (Cretaceous of Egypt)
Where: Egypt (28.8° N, 31.4° E: paleocoordinates 8.2° N, 25.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• unteres und mittleres Obercenoman
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
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 185822: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 18.05.2017
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Bivalvia | |
Rhynchostreon mermeti, "Exogyra (Costagyra) olisiponensis" = Costagyra olisiponensis
Rhynchostreon mermeti Coquand 1862 oyster
"Exogyra (Costagyra) olisiponensis" = Costagyra olisiponensis Sharpe 1850 oyster |