Karma valley, 0.03 (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (35.9° N, 9.1° E: paleocoordinates 24.8° N, 7.7° E)

When: El Haria Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Collection methods: size fraction >150 um

Primary reference: S. Abramovich and G. Keller. 2002. High stress late Maastrichtian paleoenvironment: inference from planktonic foraminifera in Tunisia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 178:145-164 [C. Cervato/C. Cervato]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 57432: authorized by Cinzia Cervato, entered by Cinzia Cervato on 13.12.2005

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Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Globigerinaceae - Planomalinidae
 Globigerinaceae - Heterohelicidae
Pseudoguembelina palpebra Bronnimann and Brown 1953
Pseudoguembelina hariaensis Nederbragt 1991
Heterohelix globulosa Ehrenberg 1840
"Heterohelix punctulata" = Guembelina punctulata Cushman 1938
"Pseudotextularia deformis" = Guembelina striata deformis Kikoine 1948
 Globigerinaceae - Globotruncanidae
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Laeviheterohelix glabrans, "Globigerinelloides yaucoensis" = Planomalina yaucoensis
"Globigerinelloides yaucoensis" = Planomalina yaucoensis Pessagno 1960