Where: Egypt (28.8° N, 33.5° E: paleocoordinates 7.9° N, 27.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Raha Formation, Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; sandstone
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 138423: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 17.01.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Ilymatogyra africana Lamarck 1801 oyster |