Where: Egypt (28.8° N, 34.5° E: paleocoordinates 9.7° N, 28.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Vascoceras proprium - Pseudaspidoceras flexuosum ammonoid zone, Abu Qada Formation, Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; red shale and nodular marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: B. Gertsch, G. Keller, T. Adatte Berner, A. S. Kassab, A. A. A. Tantawy, A. M. El-Sabbagh, and D. Stueben. 2010. Cenomanian–Turonian transition in a shallow water sequence of the Sinai, Egypt. International Journal of Earth Sciences (Geologische Rundschau) 99:165-182 [M. Aberhan/T. Schossleitner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 140719: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 15.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
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"Heterohelix moremani" = Guembelina moremani
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"Hedbergella planispira" = Globigerina planispira, "Hedbergella delrioensis" = Globigerina delrioensis
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Globothalamea | |
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Cephalopoda | |
Pseudaspidoceras flexuosum Powell 1963 ammonite | |