Where: Egypt (30.8° N, 33.5° E: paleocoordinates 7.0° N, 28.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Aconeceras (Aconeceras) nisus ammonoid zone, Risan Aneiza Formation, Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 112.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Geological Museum, Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Benha University
Primary reference: G. M. El Qot. 2018. Aptian-early Cenomanian ammonites from north Sinai, Egypt: systematic paleontology and biostratigraphy. Cretaceous Research 85:142-171 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 191699: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.02.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Anahamulina cf. picteti Eichwald 1868 ammonite | |
Tetragonites (Tetragonites) duvalianus d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
Eogaudryceras (Eotetragonites) raspaili Breistroffer 1947 ammonite | |
Valdedorsella getulina Coquand 1880 ammonite | |
? Kabylites sp. Durand Delga 1954 ammonite | |
"Aconeceras (Aconeceras) nisus" = Aconeceras nisum
"Aconeceras (Aconeceras) nisus" = Aconeceras nisum d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite | |
Echinoidea | |
Tetragramma sp. Agassiz 1840 sea urchin | |
Pliotoxaster collegnii Sismonda 1843 heart urchin | |
Diplopodia sp. sea urchin |