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
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 | |
Bolivina sp. d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Spiroplectammina laevis Roemer 1841 | |
"Hedbergella planispira" = Globigerina planispira, "Hedbergella delrioensis" = Globigerina delrioensis
"Hedbergella planispira" = Globigerina planispira Tappan 1940
"Hedbergella delrioensis" = Globigerina delrioensis Carsey 1954 | |
Patellina sp. Williamson 1858 | |
Nodosariata | |
Ceratobulimina sp. Toula 1915 | |
Astacolus sp. de Montfort 1808 | |
Ellipsoglandulina sp. Silvestri 1900 | |
Foraminifera | |
"Heterohelix reussi" = Guembelina reussi, "Heterohelix moremani" = Guembelina moremani, Guembelitria cenomana
"Heterohelix reussi" = Guembelina reussi Cushman 1938
"Heterohelix moremani" = Guembelina moremani Cushman 1938 | |
Whiteinella baltica Douglas and Rankin 1969 | |
"Praeglobotruncana stephani" = Globotruncana stephani, Dicarinella algeriana
"Praeglobotruncana stephani" = Globotruncana stephani Gandolfi 1942 | |
Cribrostomoides paralens, Cribrostomoides cretaceous, Cribrostomoides sinaica, Haplophragmoides calculus, Haplophragmoides howardensis, Haplophragmoides rugosa, Haplophragmoides glabra, Haplophragmoides eggeri, Haplophragmoides excavata, Haplophragmoides fraseri, Haplophragmoides gigas, Haplophragmoides colusaensis, Haplophragmoides kirki, Evolutinella sp., Evolutinella renzi
Haplophragmoides kirki Wickenden 1932 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Spiroloculina cretacea Reuss 1854 | |
Foraminifera | |
"Pulvinulinella navarrona" = Pseudoparrella
"Pulvinulinella navarrona" = Pseudoparrella | |
Trochammina sp., Trochammina wetteri, Trochammina paralella, Trochammina trinitatensis, Trochammina diagonis, Trochammina albertensis
Trochammina sp. Parker and Jones 1859
Trochammina diagonis Carsey 1926
Trochammina albertensis Wickenden 1932 | |
Marssonella oxycona Reuss 1860 | |
Ammodiscus cretaceus Reuss 1845 | |
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Globothalamea | |
"Globigerinelloides bentonensis" = Anomalina bentonensis, Anomalinoides "sp. 2", Anomalinoides rudis
"Globigerinelloides bentonensis" = Anomalina bentonensis Morrow 1934
Anomalinoides "sp. 2" Brotzen 1942 | |
Quadrimorphina sp. Finlay 1939 | |
Eponides sp. Montfort 1808
Rosalina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Foraminifera | |
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Bivalvia | |
"Exogyra (Costagyra) olisiponensis" = Costagyra olisiponensis, "Ilymatogyra (Afrogyra) africana" = Ilymatogyra africana, Rhynchostreon (Rhynchostreon) mermeti, Ceratostreon flabellatum
"Exogyra (Costagyra) olisiponensis" = Costagyra olisiponensis Sharpe 1850 oyster
"Ilymatogyra (Afrogyra) africana" = Ilymatogyra africana Lamarck 1801 oyster
Rhynchostreon (Rhynchostreon) mermeti Coquand 1862 oyster
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster | |
Cephalopoda | |
Neolobites vibrayeanus d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite |