Where: Egypt (29.6° N, 34.4° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 12.0° N, 38.2° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Abu Qada Formation, Early/Lower Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; white, yellow limestone
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 140585: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 12.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
"Choffaticeras securiforme" = Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) segne
"Choffaticeras securiforme" = Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) segne Solger 1903 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Tenea delletrei clam | |
Pseudolimea itieriana Pictet and Roux 1852 file clam | |
"Plicatula auressensis" = Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis
"Plicatula auressensis" = Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis Coquand 1862 scallop |