Gebel El Tourkumanyia, bed 15 (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (30.8° N, 33.5° E: paleocoordinates 7.0° N, 28.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Risan Aneiza Formation, Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 113.0 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. 2021. Aptian-Cenomanian echinoids from northern Sinai, Egypt. Cretaceous Research 126(104870) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 220856: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.06.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
"Cidaris" sinaiensis Fourtau 1921 pencil urchin
 Holasteroida -
Pseudholaster barthouxi Fourtau 1921 sea urchin
 Spatangoida - Toxasteridae
Heteraster constrictus Fourtau 1921 heart urchin
 Echinoneoida - Conulidae