Where: Egypt (30.1° N, 31.1° E: paleocoordinates 14.2° N, 26.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: middle Khoman Formation, Campanian to Campanian (83.6 - 66.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; wackestone and mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: A. A. Abdelhady and R. S. A. Mohamed. 2017. Paucispecific macroinvertebrate communities in the Upper Cretaceous of El Hassana Dome (Abu Roash, Egypt): Environmental controls vs adaptive strategies. Cretaceous Research 74:120-136 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 184740: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 21.03.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Hexactinellida | |
Hexactinellida indet. Schmidt 1870 glass sponge | |
Bivalvia | |
Cucullaea (Idonearca) thevestensis Coquand 1862 clam | |
Granocardium productum Sowerby 1832 cockle |