Galala Mountain, section X, zone θ (Cretaceous of Egypt)
Where: Egypt (29.0° N, 32.4° E: paleocoordinates 15.0° N, 27.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• Middle-Late Maastrichtian
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: J. Kuss and M. A. Conrad. 1991. Calcareous Algae from Cretaceous Carbonates of Egypt, Sinai, and Southern Jordan. Journal of Paleontology 65(5) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 148333: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 17.07.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Florideophyceae | |
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Corallinales indet. Silva and Johansen 1986
"Pseudolithothamnium album" = Polystrata alba Pfender 1936
Parachaetetes asvapatii Pia 1936 | |
| Foraminifera | |
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Siderolites calcitrapoides Lamarck 1801 | |
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Orbitoides media d'Archiac 1837 | |