Wadi Qena, 14 (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (26.3° N, 33.0° E: paleocoordinates 12.4° N, 27.6° E)

When: Dakhla Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• biozone CF1 (P. hantkeninoides)

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Collection methods: size fraction >63 um

Primary reference: G. Keller. 2002. Guembelitria-dominated late Maastrichtian planktic foraminiferal assemblages mimic early Danian in central Egypt. Marine Micropaleontology 47:71-99 [C. Cervato/C. Cervato]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 57389: authorized by Cinzia Cervato, entered by Cinzia Cervato on 13.12.2005

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Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Globigerinina - Hedbergellidae
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
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"Planoglobulina carseyae" = Ventilabrella carseyae Plummer 1931
Laeterohelix labellosa
Laeterohelix (H.) labellosa
 Globigerinaceae - Heterohelicidae
Pseudoguembelina palpebra Bronnimann and Brown 1953
Heterohelix dentata Stenestad 1968
Heterohelix navarroensis Loeblich 1951
Heterohelix planata Cushman 1938
Heterohelix globulosa Ehrenberg 1840
"Heterohelix punctulata" = Guembelina punctulata Cushman 1938
 Globigerinaceae - Globotruncanidae
  - Guembelitriidae