Where: Egypt (29.3° N, 34.7° E: paleocoordinates 10.2° N, 28.5° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Abu Qada Formation, Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; dolomitic rudstone and dolomitic floatstone
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 140246: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 06.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Paraesa faba Sowerby 1827 venus clam |