East Themed, bed 3: Middle Cenomanian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Batillariidae
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Pyrazus valeriae
(de Verneuil and de Loriere 1868)
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Tylostomatidae
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Pterodonta deffisi
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Pchelinsevia coquandiana
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45 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Akeridae
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Akera thevestensis
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cycloneritida
- Neritopsidae
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Neritopsis sp.
Grateloup 1832
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula margaritifera
Douvillé 1916
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8 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Ceratostreon flabellatum
(Goldfuss 1833)
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Chondrodontidae
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Chondrodonta joannae
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31 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Neitheidae
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Neithea dutrugei
(Dutrugei 1862)
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Pterotrigonia sabra
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Hippuritida
- Radiolitidae
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Praeradiolites biskraensis
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15 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Glossidae
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Glossus aquilinus
(Coquand 1862)
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7 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia ? forgemoli
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 29.6° North, 34.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 8.6° North, 28.2° 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: | Middle Cenomanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Galala | ||
| Local section: | East Themed | Local bed: | 3 |
| Local order: | top to bottom | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | dolomitic rudstone |
| Lithology description: very hard, stylolitic, dolomitic rudist rudstone | |
| Environment: | open shallow subtidal |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 140539 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Aberhan | Enterer: | T. Schossleitner |
| Modifier: | M. Manojlovic | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-03-11 22:27:15 | Last modified: | 2016-07-25 17:32:57 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-03-11 22:27:15 |
| 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] |