Abu Roash, coral mound, Cairo, Egypt: Early/Lower Coniacian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Stenolaemata
- Cyclostomata
- Cerioporidae
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Ceriopora multiformis
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dominant category | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonellidae
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Actaeonella sp.
(d'Orbigny 1843)
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common category | ||||||
| original and current combination Acteonella | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 30.0° North, 31.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.8° North, 26.2° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Coniacian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||
| *International age/stage: | Early/Lower Coniacian | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Coniacian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 89.80000 - 86.30000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Acteonella Series |
| Local section: | El Hassana |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified floatstone |
| Lithology description: 2 m thick bed composed of large coral heads in micritic white carbonate matrix. | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
| Geology comments: Sequence capped by firmly cemented carbonate sand. | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Bioerosion: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some microfossils,difficult macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 2011 | ||
| Database number: | 24083 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | W. Kiessling |
| Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-07-30 01:03:46 | Last modified: | 2002-07-30 04:03:52 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-07-30 01:03:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6812. | P. de Castro and G. Sirna. 1996. The Durania arnaudi biostrome of El-Hassana, Abu Roash area (Egypt). Geologica Romana 32:69-91 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |