Where: Egypt (29.6° N, 34.4° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 12.8° N, 39.4° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Galala Formation, Middle Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; dolomitic 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 140539: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 11.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nucula margaritifera Douvillé 1916 nut clam | |
Pterotrigonia sabra clam | |
Praeradiolites biskraensis rudist | |
Glossus aquilinus Coquand 1862 clam | |
Chondrodonta joannae scallop | |
Neithea dutrugei Dutrugei 1862 scallop | |
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
Akera thevestensis snail | |
Pchelinsevia coquandiana top snail | |
Neritopsis sp. Grateloup 1832 snail | |
Pterodonta deffisi snail | |
Pyrazus valeriae de Verneuil and de Loriere 1868 snail |