Gebel Ekma, Raha Formation, Sinai - Bed 9: Late/Upper Cenomanian, Egypt

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Pseudodiadematidae
Tetragramma variolare (Brongniart 1822)
Echinoidea - Phymosomatidae
Phymosoma sp. Haime 1853
Echinoidea - Stomopneustoida - Stomechinidae
Trochalosoma (Trochalosoma) gharamulensis
Echinoidea - Hemicidaroida
Micropedina olisiponensis (Forbes in Sharpe 1850)
Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Goniopygus sp. Agassiz 1838
Goniopygus menardi (Desmarest in Defrance 1925)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus (Modiolus) aequalis (Sowerby 1818)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Idonearca) diceras (Seguenza 1882)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum (Lamarck 1801)
Costagyra olisiponensis (Sharpe 1850)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula auressensis Coquand 1862
recombined as Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Pseudolimea itieriana (Pictet and Roux 1852)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella matercula Mayer-Eymar 1896
synonym of Crassatella rothii
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Maghrebella forgemoli (Coquand 1862)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Sphaera corrugata Sowerby 1822
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Tenea delettrei (Coquand 1862)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Paraesa faba (Sowerby 1827)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Pseudaspidoceras pseudonodosoides (Choffat 1898)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae
Vascoceras cauvini Chudeau 1909
Rubroceras alatum Cobban et al. 1989
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) orientalis
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Torinia (Climacopoma) amini
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Nerita (Semineritina) cf. safrensis
Gastropoda - Batillariidae
Pyrazus (Pyrazus) valeriae (de Verneuil and de Loriere 1868)
Gastropoda - Procerithiidae
Cimolithium tenouklense
Gastropoda - Campanilidae
Campanile (Campanile) cf. ganesha
Gastropoda - Tylostomatidae
Pterodonta deffisi
Tylostoma (Tylostoma) cossoni Thomas and Peron 1889
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Harpagodes heberti
Aporrhais dutrugei (Coquand 1862)
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: Vascoceras cauvini - Rubroceras alatum
Age range of interval:100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Raha
Local section:Gebel Ekma Local bed:9
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
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:114798
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-08-24 23:48:43 Last modified:2011-08-24 09:48:43
Access level:authorizer only Released:2016-08-24 23:48:43
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]