Sinai, oberes Obercenoman (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (30.9° N, 33.7° E: paleocoordinates 9.9° N, 27.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• oberes Obercenoman

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section

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 185817: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 18.05.2017

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Laevigyra dhondtae, "Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) flabellatum" = Ceratostreon flabellatum
Laevigyra dhondtae Malchus 1990 oyster
"Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) flabellatum" = Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster