Where: Egypt (30.1° N, 31.1° E: paleocoordinates 11.1° N, 25.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Abu Roash Formation, Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone and shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: M. M. El-Hedeny. 2007. New taxonomic and biostratigraphic data on the Upper Cenomanian – Turonian Radiolitidae (Bivalvia: Hippuritoidea) of Abu Roash, Western Desert, Egypt. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 244(1):79-98 [M. Aberhan/T. Schossleitner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 140954: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 19.03.2013

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