Where: Egypt (30.9° N, 33.7° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 14.2° N, 39.3° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 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 | |
"Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) flabellatum" = Ceratostreon flabellatum, Laevigyra dhondtae
"Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) flabellatum" = Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster
Laevigyra dhondtae Malchus 1990 oyster |