Where: Egypt (28.8° N, 33.5° E: paleocoordinates 9.9° N, 27.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Coilopoceras requienianum ammonoid zone, Wata Formation, Late/Upper Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• planctic foraminiferal zone: Marginotruncana schneegansi
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; argillaceous limestone
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 138422: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 17.01.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
"Heterohelix reussi" = Guembelina reussi
"Heterohelix reussi" = Guembelina reussi Cushman 1938 | |
Whiteinella baltica Douglas and Rankin 1969
Whiteinella archaeocretacea Pessagno 1967 | |
Cephalopoda | |
Coilopoceras newellei ammonite
Coilopoceras requeinianum ammonite |