Where: Sinai, Egypt (30.8° N, 33.5° E: paleocoordinates 7.8° N, 27.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Halal Formation, Middle Albian (109.0 - 105.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: Y. Salama, M. Grammer, S. Saber, S. El-Shazly, and G. Abdel-Gawad. 2018. Sequence Stratigraphy and Rudist Facies Development of the Upper Barremian-Lower Cenomanian Platform, Northern Sinai, Egypt. Acta geologica sinica 92(1):286-310 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 193561: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 29.05.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Salpingoporella sp. Pia 1918 | |
Rhodophyceae | |
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877 | |
Bivalvia | |
Eoradiolites plicatus Conrad 1852 rudist | |
Neocaprina sp. Plenicar 1961 rudist
Neocaprina raghawiensis Steuber and Bachmann 2002 rudist
Sellaea sp. Stefano 1889 rudist | |
Toucasia sp. Munier-Chalmas 1873 rudist |