Where: Egypt (28.4° N, 32.3° E: paleocoordinates 9.6° N, 26.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Choffaticeras segne ammonoid zone, Galala Formation, Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• Collected from a single horizon (about 8 m in thickness). Middle part of the lower Turonian (upper part of the standard Watinoceras devonense Zone).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, argillaceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Geological Museum, Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

Primary reference: E. S. M. Moneer, Y. S. Bazeen, and I. El-Sheikh. 2022. Ontogeny-based intraspecific variability of the lower Turonian Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) segne (Solger, 1903): taxonomic and biostratigraphic implications. Cretaceous Research 137(105247) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 226941: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.08.2022

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