Naqb El-Sillim section, Bahariya oasis: Late/Upper Cenomanian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Engonoceratidae
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Neolobites vibrayeanus
(d'Orbigny 1841)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Ceratostreon flabellatum
(Goldfuss 1833)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Dosinia delettrei
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Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 27.8° North, 28.6° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 7.6° North, 23.3° 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: | Late/Upper Cenomanian | Ammonoid zone: | Neolobites vibrayeanus |
| Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | El-Hiez |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified dolomite |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 208638 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2020-04-07 22:52:01 | Last modified: | 2020-04-07 22:52:01 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-04-07 22:52:01 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 72034. | G. I. Abdel-Gawad. 2008. Late Cenomanian ammonites from NE Libya and the western desert of Egypt. Geology of East Libya 3:201-218 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |