Gebel Ekma, Raha Formation, Sinai - Bed 6: Late/Upper Cenomanian, Egypt

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Pseudodiadematidae
Heterodiadema buhayensis
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Hemiaster (Mecaster) batnensis (Coquand 1862)
recombined as Mecaster batnensis
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Engonoceratidae
Neolobites vibrayeanus (d'Orbigny 1841)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae
Vascoceras cf. durandi (Thomas and Peron 1889)
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Angulithes mermeti (Montfort 1802)
original and current combination Nautilus triangularis
Gastropoda - Batillariidae
Pyrazus (Pyrazus) valeriae (de Verneuil and de Loriere 1868)
Gastropoda - Tylostomatidae
Pterodonta deffisi
Gastropoda - Colombellinidae
Colombellina (Colombellina) fusiformis
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (Nucula) margaritifera Douvillé 1916
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae
Neithea (Neithea) dutrugei (Dutrugei 1862)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula auressensis Coquand 1862
recombined as Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis
Plicatula fourneli Coquand 1862
recombined as Plicatula (Plicatula) fourneli
Plicatula ferryi Coquand 1862
recombined as Plicatula (Plicatula) ferryi
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Ambigostrea pseudovillei Malchus 1990
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Costagyra olisiponensis (Sharpe 1850)
Ilymatogyra africana (Lamarck 1801)
Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum (Lamarck 1801)
Ceratostreon flabellatum (Goldfuss 1833)
Curvostrea rouvillei (Coquand 1862)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium productum (Sowerby 1832)
Protocardia hillana (Sowerby 1813)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Aenona cenomanensis (Abbass 1962)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Paraesa faba (Sowerby 1827)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Arctica cordata
Tenea delettrei (Coquand 1862)
Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Dicerocardiidae
Rostrocardia cf. papieri
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Sphaera corrugata Sowerby 1822
Lucina fallax Forbes 1846
recombined as Mesomiltha fallax
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella (Rochella) tenuicostata
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Maghrebella deserti
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) scabra (Lamarck 1819)
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:100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Raha
Local section:Gebel Ekma Local bed:6
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "shale"
Secondary lithology: lithified "mixed carbonate-siliciclastic"
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:114795
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-08-24 23:39:25 Last modified:2017-01-24 13:30:45
Access level:the public Released:2011-08-24 23:39:25
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]