East Themed area, Galala Formation, Sinai, Praeradiolites biskraensis assemblage: Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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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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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Pchelinsevia coquandiana
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24 specimens | ||||||
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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 cf. deffisi
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula (Nucula) margaritifera
Douvillé 1916
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8 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Neitheidae
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Neithea (Neithea) dutrugei
(Dutrugei 1862)
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Chondrodontidae
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Chondrodonta joannae
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21 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
- Cardiida
- Glossidae
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Glossus aquilinus
(Coquand 1862)
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7 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Cyclina sp.
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Hippuritida
- Radiolitidae
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Praeradiolites biskraensis
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78 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia ? forgemoli
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) scabra
(Lamarck 1819)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Demospongiae
- Agelasida
- Actinostromarianinidae
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Actinostromarianina informal sp. 2
Lecompte 1952
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 29.7° North, 34.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 8.6° North, 28.3° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Galala |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified marl |
| Secondary lithology: | packstone |
| Environment: | open shallow subtidal |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 150611 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-09-11 21:39:29 | Last modified: | 2017-08-04 17:59:28 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-09-11 21:39:29 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 48157. | W. Ayoub-Hannaa and F. T. Fürsich. 2012. Palaeoecology and environmental significance of benthic associations from the Cenomanian-Turonian of eastern Sinai, Egypt. Beringeria (42)93-138 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause] |