Wadi Quseib, Bed 59: Early/Lower Turonian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
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Sogdianella ? laevis
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10 specimens | |||||||||
| Sogdianella ? laevis laevis | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 29.3° North, 34.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.2° North, 28.5° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Turonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Turonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 93.90000 - 89.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Abu Qada | ||
| Local section: | Wadi Quseib | Local bed: | 59 |
| Local order: | top to bottom | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,gray dolomite |
| Lithology description: grey, very hard, thickbedded,cavernous, fine-grained dolostone | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 140278 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Aberhan | Enterer: | T. Schossleitner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-03-07 01:48:23 | Last modified: | 2013-03-06 08:48:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-03-07 01:48:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 45224. | W. S. Ayoub-Hannaa. 2011. Taxonomy and palaeoecology of the Cenomanian-Turonian macroinvertebrates from eastern Sinai, Egypt (part A). 1-418 [M. Aberhan/T. Schossleitner/T. Schossleitner] |