Where: Egypt (28.7° N, 33.2° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 12.2° N, 38.1° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Vascoceras cauvini - Rubroceras alatum ammonoid zone, Raha Formation, Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
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 114798: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 24.08.2011
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Tetragramma variolare Brongniart 1822 sea urchin | |
Phymosoma sp. Haime 1853 sea urchin | |
Trochalosoma (Trochalosoma) gharamulensis sea urchin | |
Goniopygus sp. Agassiz 1838 sea urchin
Goniopygus menardi Desmarest in Defrance 1925 sea urchin | |
Micropedina olisiponensis Forbes in Sharpe 1850 sea urchin | |
Cephalopoda | |
Vascoceras cauvini Chudeau 1909 ammonite
Rubroceras alatum Cobban et al. 1989 ammonite | |
Pseudaspidoceras pseudonodosoides Choffat 1898 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
"Crassatella matercula" = Crassatella rothii
"Crassatella matercula" = Crassatella rothii Fraas 1872 clam | |
Maghrebella forgemoli Coquand 1862 clam | |
Tenea delettrei Coquand 1862 clam | |
Paraesa faba Sowerby 1827 venus clam | |
Sphaera corrugata Sowerby 1822 clam | |
Cucullaea (Idonearca) diceras Seguenza 1882 clam | |
Costagyra olisiponensis Sharpe 1850 oyster
Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum Lamarck 1801 oyster | |
Pseudolimea itieriana Pictet and Roux 1852 file clam | |
"Plicatula auressensis" = Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis
"Plicatula auressensis" = Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis Coquand 1862 scallop | |
Modiolus (Modiolus) aequalis Sowerby 1818 mussel | |
Gastropoda | |
Cimolithium tenouklense snail | |
Tylostoma (Tylostoma) cossoni Thomas and Peron 1889 snail
Pterodonta deffisi snail | |
Aporrhais dutrugei Coquand 1862 snail
Harpagodes heberti snail | |
Pyrazus (Pyrazus) valeriae de Verneuil and de Loriere 1868 snail | |