Nord Wadi Qena, unteres Obercenoman (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (26.4° N, 32.5° E: paleocoordinates 5.6° N, 26.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• unteres Obercenoman

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: N. Malchus. 1990. Revision der Kreide-Austern (Bivalvia: Pteriomorphia) Ägyptens (Biostratigraphie, Systematik). Berliner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen A(125) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 185813: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 18.05.2017

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gyrostrea (Vatonnei) roachensis, Curvostrea rouvillei, Curvostrea isidis, "Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) flabellatum" = Ceratostreon flabellatum, "Ilymatogyra (Afrogyra) africana" = Ilymatogyra africana
Curvostrea rouvillei Coquand 1862 oyster
Curvostrea isidis Fourtau 1917 oyster
"Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) flabellatum" = Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster
"Ilymatogyra (Afrogyra) africana" = Ilymatogyra africana Lamarck 1801 oyster
 Ostreida - Flemingostreidae