Maghara Area, Gebel Mistan, upper Nerinea bed: Late/Upper Aptian, Egypt

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerinea mistanensis
Nerinea maghrensis
Gastropoda - Batillariidae
Pyrazus (Echinobethra) magharensis
Pyrazus (Echinobethra) sexangulatus
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Torquesia) moradi
original and current combination Torquesia
Gastropoda - Tylostomatidae
Tylostoma (Tylostoma) magharensis
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (Nucula) margitifera
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Ceratostreon flabellatum (Goldfuss 1833)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Maghrebella deserti
Insecta - Coleoptera - Dermestidae
Pseudomesalia quadrilineata
see common names

Geography
Country:Egypt
Coordinates: 30.8° North, 33.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:7.0° North, 28.8° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 2-3
Key time interval:Late/Upper Aptian
Age range of interval:119.50000 - 113.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown,yellow "limestone"
Lithology description: 0.5 to 1.5 m thickness hard, yellowish brown limestone
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:151611
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2013-10-08 22:37:38 Last modified:2013-10-08 07:00:31
Access level:authorizer only Released:2014-01-08 22:37:38
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
48461. M. S. Mekawy. 2013. Taphonomy of Aptian-Albian Beds in the Gebel Mistan, Maghara Area, Northern Sinai, Egypt. Earth Science and Climatic Change 4(2) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]