Wadi Dakhl, Zone C1, Abu Qada/Raha Fm (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (28.7° N, 32.4° E: paleocoordinates 7.9° N, 26.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Neolobites vibrayeanus interval ammonoid zone, Abu Qada/Raha Formation, Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• Authors weren't absolutely to which formation it belongs, but they tend to Raha Fm

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and shale

• Shale, marl and marly limestone intercalations with thin dolomite layer. Oyster rich limestone, marl, marly limestone and shale intercalations.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: bulk, smear slide,

Primary reference: A. El-Sabbagh, A. A. Tantawy, G. Keller, H. Khozyem, J. Spangenberg, T. Adatte, and B. Gertsch. 2011. Stratigraphy of the Cenomanian-Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event OAE2 in shallow shelf sequences of NE Egypt. Cretaceous Research 30:1-18 [M. Aberhan/T. Schossleitner/T. Schossleitner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 141572: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 29.03.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Buliminoidea - Buliminidae
Nodosariata
 Robertinida - Ceratobuliminidae
Ceratobulimina sp. Toula 1915
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Astacolus sp. de Montfort 1808
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
 Polymorphinida - Ellipsoidinidae
Foraminifera
 Globigerinina - Favusellidae
Favusella washitensis
listed as Favousella washitensis
 Globigerinaceae - Heterohelicidae
Guembelitria cenomana, "Heterohelix moremani" = Guembelina moremani, "Heterohelix reussi" = Guembelina reussi
"Heterohelix moremani" = Guembelina moremani Cushman 1938
"Heterohelix reussi" = Guembelina reussi Cushman 1938
 Globigerinaceae - Globotruncanidae
Dicarinella algeriana, "Praeglobotruncana stephani" = Globotruncana stephani
"Praeglobotruncana stephani" = Globotruncana stephani Gandolfi 1942
 Globigerinaceae - Marginotruncanidae
 Globigerinaceae - Planomalinidae
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Cancrisidae
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
 Rotaliida - Gavelinellidae
 Rotaliida - Quadrimorphinidae
Quadrimorphina sp. Finlay 1939
 Rotaliida - Alabaminidae
 Rotaliida - Anomalinidae
Anomalinoides "sp. 2" Brotzen 1942
"Globigerinelloides bentonensis" = Anomalina bentonensis Morrow 1934
Foraminifera
  -
 Lituolida - Rzehakinidae
 Lituolida - Ammobaculinidae
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
 Lituolida - Haplophragmoididae
  - Chilostomellidae
  - Spiroplectamminidae
  -
Ammobaculoides mosbyensis, "Pulvinulinella navarrona" = Pseudoparrella
"Pulvinulinella navarrona" = Pseudoparrella
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
"Hedbergella planispira" = Globigerina planispira, "Hedbergella delrioensis" = Globigerina delrioensis
"Hedbergella planispira" = Globigerina planispira Tappan 1940
"Hedbergella delrioensis" = Globigerina delrioensis Carsey 1954
  -
Patellina sp. Williamson 1858
 Textulariina - Nezzazatidae
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
 Trochamminacea - Trochamminidae
 Astrorhizacea - Bathysiphonidae
Bathysiphon robustus
listed as Bathysiphone robustus
 Astrorhizacea - Rhizamminidae
 Hormosinacea - Thomasinellidae
 Hormosinacea - Hormosinidae
 Lituolacea - Ataxophragmiidae
 Lituolacea - Mayncinidae
  -
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Foraminifera
 Rotaliina - Turrilinidae
 Rotaliina - Bolivinidae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Engonoceratidae
Neolobites vibrayeanus d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Ceratostreon flabellatum, "Ilymatogyra (Afrogyra) africana" = Ilymatogyra africana, Rhynchostreon (Rhynchostreon) mermeti, "Exogyra (Costagyra) olisiponensis" = Costagyra olisiponensis
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster
"Ilymatogyra (Afrogyra) africana" = Ilymatogyra africana Lamarck 1801 oyster
"Exogyra (Costagyra) olisiponensis" = Costagyra olisiponensis Sharpe 1850 oyster