Where: Egypt (30.8° N, 33.5° E: paleocoordinates 7.8° N, 27.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Halal Formation, Middle Albian (109.0 - 105.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Geological Museum, Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Benha University
Primary reference: G. M. El Qot. 2018. Aptian-early Cenomanian ammonites from north Sinai, Egypt: systematic paleontology and biostratigraphy. Cretaceous Research 85:142-171 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 191703: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.02.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Knemiceras spathi Mahmoud 1955 ammonite | |
Echinoidea | |
Pedinopsis humilis Fourtau 1921 sea urchin | |
Emiratia raskhaimahensis Ali 1990 sea urchin | |
Globator aegyptiaca n. sp.
Globator aegyptiaca n. sp. El Qot 2021 sea urchin | |
Anorthopygus orbicularis de Grateloup 1836 sea urchin | |
Coenholectypus macropygus Agassiz 1836 sea urchin | |
Goniopygus menardi Desmarest in Defrance 1925 sea urchin |