East Themed, bed 23: Early/Lower Turonian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Orthopsidae
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Orthopsis ovata
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Hemiasteridae
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Hemiaster heberti
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Hemiaster heberti turonensis | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Acanthoceratidae
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Kamerunoceras turoniense
(d'Orbigny 1850)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Vascoceratidae
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Vascoceras durandi
(Thomas and Peron 1889)
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17 specimens | |||||||||
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Fagesia cf. peroni
Pervinquiére 1907
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22 specimens | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Pseudotissotiidae
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Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) segne
(Solger 1903)
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113 specimens | |||||||||
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Choffaticeras securiforme
(Eck 1909)
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23 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) segne | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Pholadomya pedernalis
Roemer 1852
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Paraesa faba
(Sowerby 1827)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Granocardium productum
(Sowerby 1832)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula auressensis
Coquand 1862
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20 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Pycnodonte vesicularis
(Lamarck 1806)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis | ||||||||||
| Pycnodonte vesicularis vesiculosa | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea thevestenis
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 29.6° North, 34.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.5° North, 28.3° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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: | East Themed | Local bed: | 23 |
| Local order: | top to bottom | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | white,yellow "limestone" |
| Lithology description: yellowish-white, moderately hard, fossiliferous limestone | |
| Environment: | open shallow subtidal |
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: | 140586 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Aberhan | Enterer: | T. Schossleitner |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-03-12 21:20:00 | Last modified: | 2017-08-04 17:49:12 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-03-12 21:20:00 |
| 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] |