Where: Egypt (29.3° N, 34.7° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 12.3° N, 39.6° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Lower Shale Member (Galala Formation), Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; bioturbated, brown, yellow, calcareous marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: W. S. Ayoub-Hannaa. 2011. Taxonomy and palaeoecology of the Cenomanian-Turonian macroinvertebrates from eastern Sinai, Egypt (part A). 1-418 [M. Aberhan/T. Schossleitner/T. Schossleitner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 140114: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 01.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
| Gastropoda | |
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Pchelinsevia coquandiana top snail | |
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Neoptyxis olisiponensis snail | |
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Pterodonta deffisi snail
Tylostoma cossoni Thomas and Peron 1889 snail | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum Lamarck 1801 oyster | |
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Chondrodonta joannae scallop | |
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Pseudolimea itieriana Pictet and Roux 1852 file clam | |
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Granocardium productum Sowerby 1832 cockle | |
| Echinoidea | |
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Codiopsis sp. sea urchin | |
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Heterodiadema libycum Agassiz and Desor 1846 sea urchin | |
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Anorthopygus orbicularis de Grateloup 1836 sea urchin | |
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Coenholectypus larteti Cotteau 1869 sea urchin | |
Hemiaster cf. newtoni, "Hemiaster cf. pseudofourneli" = Mecaster pseudofourneli
Hemiaster cf. newtoni heart urchin
"Hemiaster cf. pseudofourneli" = Mecaster pseudofourneli Peron and Gauthier 1878 heart urchin | |
Sinaecidaris gautheri n. sp.
Sinaecidaris gautheri n. sp. pencil urchin | |
| Anthozoa | |
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Tortoflabellum sp. Squires 1958 stony coral | |