Wadi Feiran, Mukattab, horizon 3 (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (28.8° N, 33.5° E: paleocoordinates 7.9° N, 27.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Neolobites vibrayeanus ammonoid zone, Raha Formation, Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• planctic foraminiferal zone: Whiteinella archaeocretacea; Whiteinella brittonensis subzone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; mudstone and siltstone

• environment described as littoral

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: A. S. Kassab, and N. A. Obaidalla. 2001. Integrated biostratigraphy and inter-regional correlation of the Cenomanian–Turonian deposits of Wadi Feiran, Sinai, Egypt. Creatceous Research 22:105-114 [M. Aberhan/T. Schossleitner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 138416: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 17.01.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Globigerinina - Hedbergellidae
 Globigerinaceae - Globotruncanidae
Dicarinella algeriana, Dicarinella imbricata, "Rotalipora appenninica" = Globotruncana appenninica, "Praeglobotruncana stephani" = Globotruncana stephani
"Rotalipora appenninica" = Globotruncana appenninica Renz 1936
"Praeglobotruncana stephani" = Globotruncana stephani Gandolfi 1942
 Globigerinaceae - Marginotruncanidae
Whiteinella baltica Douglas and Rankin 1969
Whiteinella brittonensis Loeblich and Tappan 1961
 Globigerinaceae - Heterohelicidae
"Heterohelix moremani" = Guembelina moremani, Guembelitria cenomana
"Heterohelix moremani" = Guembelina moremani Cushman 1938
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
"Hedbergella planispira" = Globigerina planispira
"Hedbergella planispira" = Globigerina planispira Tappan 1940
 Globigerinoidea - Globorotaliidae
"Rotalipora cushmani" = Globorotalia cushmani
"Rotalipora cushmani" = Globorotalia cushmani Morrow 1934
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Anomalinidae
"Globigerinelloides bentonensis" = Anomalina bentonensis
"Globigerinelloides bentonensis" = Anomalina bentonensis Morrow 1934
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster
"Exogyra olisiponensis" = Costagyra olisiponensis Sharpe 1850 oyster
Ilymatogyra africana Lamarck 1801 oyster
Gyrostrea delettrei Coquand 1862 oyster
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
 Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae
"Vascoceras garnai" = Vascoceras gamai
"Vascoceras garnai" = Vascoceras gamai Choffat 1898 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Engonoceratidae
Neolobites vibrayeanus d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite