East Themed, bed 3 (Cretaceous of Egypt)

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

• very hard, stylolitic, dolomitic rudist 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

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula margaritifera Douvillé 1916 nut clam
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
 Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
 Cardiida - Glossidae
Glossus aquilinus Coquand 1862 clam
 Pectinida - Chondrodontidae
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea dutrugei Dutrugei 1862 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchiata - Akeridae
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
Neritopsis sp. Grateloup 1832 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tylostomatidae
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
Pyrazus valeriae de Verneuil and de Loriere 1868 snail