Wadi Quseib, Bed 29 (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (29.3° N, 34.7° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 12.3° N, 39.6° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Middle siliciclastic/carbonate Member (Galala Formation), Middle Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; gray, green, yellow floatstone and rudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: W. S. Ayoub-Hannaa. 2011. Taxonomy and palaeoecology of the Cenomanian-Turonian macroinvertebrates from eastern Sinai, Egypt (part A). 1-418 [M. Aberhan/T. Schossleitner/T. Schossleitner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 140231: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 05.03.2013

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster
Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum Lamarck 1801 oyster
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Procerithiidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Campanilidae