Gebel El Mistan, bed 4 (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (30.8° N, 33.6° E: paleocoordinates 7.1° N, 29.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Risan Aneiza Formation, Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 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 191708: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.02.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Pseudosaynella sp. Spath 1923 ammonite