Where: Egypt (30.4° N, 34.5° E: paleocoordinates 9.3° N, 28.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Carbonate Member (Halal Formation), Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; gray, yellow marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
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 140613: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 12.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Cerithium cf. mogharens cerith snail | |
Turritella difficilis turret shell | |
Pyrazus valeriae de Verneuil and de Loriere 1868 snail | |
Ampullina ? abeihensis snail | |
Tylostoma pallaryi Peron and Fortau 1904 snail
Tylostoma cossoni Thomas and Peron 1889 snail
Pterodonta deffisi snail | |
"Aporrhais" dutrugei Coquand 1862 snail
Harpagodes hebertii snail
""Strombus" incertus" = Harpagodes nodosus Sowerby 1823 snail | |
Caricella ? sp. Conrad 1835 volute | |
Cimolithium tenouklense snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Plicatula auressensis" = Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis
"Plicatula auressensis" = Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis Coquand 1862 scallop | |
Nayadina gaudri oyster | |
Ilymatogyra africana Lamarck 1801 oyster
Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum Lamarck 1801 oyster
Exogyra conica Sowerby 1813 oyster | |
"Lucina fallax" = Mesomiltha fallax
"Lucina fallax" = Mesomiltha fallax Forbes 1846 clam | |
Tenea delletrei clam
Arctica ? inornata clam | |
Paraesa faba Sowerby 1827 venus clam | |
Granocardium carolinum Amard et al. 1981 cockle
Granocardium productum Sowerby 1832 cockle
Protocardia ? regulare cockle
Protocardia hillana Sowerby 1813 cockle | |
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam | |
Echinoidea | |
Pedinopsis desori sea urchin | |
Heterodiadema libycum Agassiz and Desor 1846 sea urchin
Tetragramma variolare Brongniart 1822 sea urchin | |
Coenholectypus portentosus sea urchin
Coenholectypus larteti Cotteau 1869 sea urchin | |
Hemiaster syriacus Conrad in Lynch 1852 heart urchin |