Gebel Ekma, Raha Formation, Sinai - Bed 2 (Cretaceous to of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (28.7° N, 33.2° E: paleocoordinates 7.8° N, 27.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Raha Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian to Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified shale and lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, original aragonite, original calcite

Collection methods: Description of collected corals, coralline sponges, and bryozoans is outside the scope of the study.

Primary reference: G. M. El Qot. 2006. Late Cretaceous macrofossils from Sinai, Egypt. Beringeria 36:3-163 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 114785: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 24.08.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• See reference for (partly lumped) abundance data.
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Procerithiidae
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana cf. mariae d'Orbigny 1844 pointed nut clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster
Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum Lamarck 1801 oyster
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Paraesa faba Sowerby 1827 venus clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
Maghrebella forgemoli Coquand 1862 clam
Echinoidea
 Holectypoida - Holectypidae
 Euechinoidea - Pseudodiadematidae
Heterodiadema libycum Agassiz and Desor 1846 sea urchin