Maghara Area, Gebel Mistan, coral bed (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (30.8° N, 33.6° E: paleocoordinates 7.0° N, 28.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 113.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; brown, yellow limestone

• 50 cm in thickness yellowish brown sandy limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. S. Mekawy. 2013. Taphonomy of Aptian-Albian Beds in the Gebel Mistan, Maghara Area, Northern Sinai, Egypt. Earth Science and Climatic Change 4(2) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 151613: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 08.10.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Coleoptera - Dermestidae
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
 Cerithioidea - Diastomatidae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Pseudomesalia deserti Douvillé 1916 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Tylostomatidae
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Echinoidea
 Holectypoida - Holectypidae
Coenholectypus sp. Pomel 1883 sea urchin
 Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Hemiaster sp. Agassiz and Desor 1847 heart urchin
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Mixastraea sp. Roniewicz 1976 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyclolitidae
Paracycloseris sp. Wells 1934 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Epistreptophyllum sp. Milaschewitsch 1876 stony coral