Wadi El Karm (Dame section), bed 14 (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (30.7° N, 33.4° E: paleocoordinates 9.8° N, 27.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mantelliceras saxbii ammonoid zone, Halal Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• Chalky limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Geological Museum, Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Benha University

Primary reference: G. M. El Qot. 2018. Aptian-early Cenomanian ammonites from north Sinai, Egypt: systematic paleontology and biostratigraphy. Cretaceous Research 85:142-171 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 191717: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.02.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Euechinoidea - Orthopsidae
Orthopsis miliaris
Orthopsis miliaris d'Archiac 1835 sea urchin
 Echinoneoida - Conulidae
Conulus (Conulus) carcharias
Conulus (Conulus) carcharias Coquand 1864 sea urchin
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Forbesiceratidae
? Forbesiceras sp.
? Forbesiceras sp. Kossmat 1897 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Sharpeiceras laticlavium, Graysonites sp., Mantelliceras saxbii, "Acompsoceras cf. inconstanus" = Acompsoceras inconstans
Sharpeiceras laticlavium Sharpe 1855 ammonite
Graysonites sp. Young 1958 ammonite
Mantelliceras saxbii Sharpe 1857 ammonite
"Acompsoceras cf. inconstanus" = Acompsoceras inconstans Schluter 1871 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Turrilitidae
Mariella (Mariella) cf. essenensis