East Themed, bed 5 (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (29.6° N, 34.4° E: paleocoordinates 8.6° N, 28.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Galala Formation, Middle Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; bioturbated, gray, yellow limestone

• grey to yellowish grey, hard, fossiliferous limestone (floatstone to rudstone) with intercalations of shales and marls

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 140540: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 11.03.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limidae
Pseudolimea itieriana
Pseudolimea itieriana Pictet and Roux 1852 file clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Ilymatogyra africana, Ceratostreon flabellatum
Ilymatogyra africana Lamarck 1801 oyster
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Tenea delletrei