Gebel El Tourkumanyia, bed 62 (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (30.8° N, 33.5° E: paleocoordinates 9.9° N, 27.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Halal Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 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. 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 220862: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.06.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
 Salenioida - Saleniidae
Sinaiosalenia rhombohedralis n. gen. n. sp. El Qot 2021 sea urchin
 Euechinoidea - Pseudodiadematidae
Tetragramma variolare Brongniart 1822 sea urchin
 Irregularia - Nucleolitidae
Plagiochasma orientalis Fourtau 1921 sea urchin
 Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Mecaster cf. aumalensis Coquand 1862 heart urchin
 Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Pseudananchys ludovici Fourtau 1912 sea urchin