Where: Egypt (28.8° N, 33.5° E: paleocoordinates 7.9° N, 27.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Vascoceras cauvini ammonoid zone, Abu Qada 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
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 138417: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 17.01.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
"Heterohelix moremani" = Guembelina moremani, Guembelitria cenomana
"Heterohelix moremani" = Guembelina moremani Cushman 1938 | |
Whiteinella baltica Douglas and Rankin 1969
Whiteinella archaeocretacea Pessagno 1967
Whiteinella brittonensis Loeblich and Tappan 1961 | |
"Praeglobotruncana stephani" = Globotruncana stephani Gandolfi 1942 | |
"Hedbergella planispira" = Globigerina planispira
"Hedbergella planispira" = Globigerina planispira Tappan 1940 | |
Bivalvia | |
Gyrostrea delettrei, Ceratostreon flabellatum, "Exogyra olisiponensis" = Costagyra olisiponensis, Ilymatogyra africana
Gyrostrea delettrei Coquand 1862 oyster
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster
"Exogyra olisiponensis" = Costagyra olisiponensis Sharpe 1850 oyster
Ilymatogyra africana Lamarck 1801 oyster | |
Cephalopoda | |
Vascoceras cauvini, "Vascoceras garnai" = Vascoceras gamai
Vascoceras cauvini Chudeau 1909 ammonite
"Vascoceras garnai" = Vascoceras gamai Choffat 1898 ammonite |