Where: Egypt (28.7° N, 33.2° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 11.3° N, 36.9° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Choffaticeras segne - Choffaticeras sinaiticum ammonoid zone, lower Member (Abu Qada Formation), Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified marl and lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, original aragonite, original calcite
Collection methods: Description of collected corals, coralline sponges, and bryozoans is outside the scope of the study.
Primary reference: G. M. El Qot. 2006. Late Cretaceous macrofossils from Sinai, Egypt. Beringeria 36:3-163 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 114799: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 24.08.2011
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Coenholectypus turonensis sea urchin | |
"Hemiaster (Mecaster) heberti" = Mecaster
"Hemiaster (Mecaster) heberti" = Mecaster heart urchin | |
Phymosoma abbatei sea urchin
Phymosoma major sea urchin | |
Cephalopoda | |
Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) segne Solger 1903 ammonite
Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) sinaiticum Douvillé 1928 ammonite | |
Vascoceras cf. durandi Thomas and Peron 1889 ammonite
Fagesia catinus Mantell 1822 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Cucullaea (Idonearca) trigona Seguenza 1882 clam | |
Curvostrea rouvillei Coquand 1862 oyster | |
Phelopteria gravida Coquand 1862 pearl oyster | |
Pseudolimea itieriana Pictet and Roux 1852 file clam | |
"Plicatula auressensis" = Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis
"Plicatula auressensis" = Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis Coquand 1862 scallop | |
Gastropoda | |
Cimolithium tenouklense snail | |
Tylostoma (Tylostoma) pallaryi Peron and Fortau 1904 snail
Tylostoma (Tylostoma) cossoni Thomas and Peron 1889 snail |