Where: Egypt (30.4° N, 34.5° E: paleocoordinates 11.3° N, 28.5° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lower Member (Abu Qada Formation), Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; green 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 140621: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 12.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Phymosoma abbatei sea urchin | |
Cephalopoda | |
Kamerunoceras turoniense d'Orbigny 1850 ammonite | |
Neoptychites cephalotus Courtiller 1860 ammonite | |
Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) segne Solger 1903 ammonite
Thomasites rollandi Peron 1890 ammonite |