Gebel Ekma, Raha Formation, Sinai - Bed 5: Late/Upper Cenomanian, Egypt

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Engonoceratidae
Neolobites vibrayeanus (d'Orbigny 1841)
Gastropoda - Batillariidae
Pyrazus (Pyrazus) valeriae (de Verneuil and de Loriere 1868)
Gastropoda - Tylostomatidae
Tylostoma (Tylostoma) pallaryi (Peron and Fortau 1904)
Pterodonta deffisi
Gastropoda - Colombellinidae
Colombellina (Colombellina) fusiformis
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Pterocera incerta d'Orbigny 1842
synonym of Harpagodes nodosus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutoderma elleryi
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Avellana sp. d'Orbigny 1842
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia (Barbatia) aegyptiaca (Fourtau 1917)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Idonearca) trigona (Seguenza 1882)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula ferryi Coquand 1862
recombined as Plicatula (Plicatula) ferryi
Plicatula auressensis Coquand 1862
recombined as Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis
Plicatula fourneli Coquand 1862
recombined as Plicatula (Plicatula) fourneli
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae
Neithea (Neithea) dutrugei (Dutrugei 1862)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillella sublanceolata (d'Orbigny 1850)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Ceratostreon flabellatum (Goldfuss 1833)
Ilymatogyra africana (Lamarck 1801)
Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum (Lamarck 1801)
Costagyra olisiponensis (Sharpe 1850)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes ornatissimus (d'Orbigny 1844)
Modiolus (Modiolus) aequalis (Sowerby 1818)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina fallax Forbes 1846
recombined as Mesomiltha fallax
Sphaera corrugata Sowerby 1822
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula cf. parsura Stoliczka 1871
Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Dicerocardiidae
Rostrocardia cf. papieri
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Tenea delettrei (Coquand 1862)
Arctica cordata
Arctica picteti (Coquand 1862)
Venilicardia cf. cordiformis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Pollicidae
Pollex sinaiensis n. sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Paraesa faba (Sowerby 1827)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia hillana (Sowerby 1813)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Linearia aegyptiaca n. sp.
original and current combination Linearis
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Maghrebella forgemoli (Coquand 1862)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella (Rochella) tenuicostata
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) scabra (Lamarck 1819)
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (Nucula) margaritifera Douvillé 1916
Echinoidea - Pseudodiadematidae
Heterodiadema libycum (Agassiz and Desor 1846)
Echinoidea - Holectypoida - Holectypidae
Coenholectypus excisus (Desor 1847)
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Hemiaster (Hemiaster) cubicus
Hemiaster (Hemiaster) syriacus (Conrad in Lynch 1852)
see common names

Geography
Country:Egypt
Coordinates: 28.7° North, 33.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:7.8° North, 27.5° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Cenomanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 5
Key time interval:Late/Upper Cenomanian Ammonoid zone: Neolobites vibrayeanus
Age range of interval:99.60000 - 93.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Raha
Local section:Gebel Ekma Local bed:5
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified marl
Secondary lithology: lithified "shale"
Environment:open shallow subtidal
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast,mold/impression,original aragonite,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Fragmentation:occasional
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:difficult macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Description of collected corals, coralline sponges, and bryozoans is outside the scope of the study.
Taxonomic list comments:See reference for (partly lumped) abundance data.
Metadata
Database number:114794
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-08-24 23:37:34 Last modified:2017-01-24 13:13:24
Access level:the public Released:2011-08-24 23:37:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

37168. G. M. El Qot. 2006. Late Cretaceous macrofossils from Sinai, Egypt. Beringeria 36:3-163 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg]