Where: Egypt (30.4° N, 33.5° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 13.7° N, 38.9° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Galala Formation, Middle Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
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 114883: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 25.08.2011
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Chondrodonta joannae scallop |