Where: Sinai, Egypt (29.1° N, 33.3° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 12.2° N, 37.7° E (Wright 2013)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Abu Qada Formation, Late/Upper Cenomanian to Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 89.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone and dolomite
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: A. S. Kassab and M. M. Ismael. 1994. Upper Cretaceous invertebrate fossils from the area northeast of Abu Zuneima, Sinai, Egypt. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 191(2):221-249 [C. Marshall/S. Low/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 3762: authorized by Charles Marshall, entered by Sofy Low on 09.08.1999
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Vascoceras proprium, "Vascoceras obessum" = Paravascoceras obessum
Vascoceras proprium Reyment 1954 ammonite
"Vascoceras obessum" = Paravascoceras obessum Taubenhaus 1920 ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |
"Strombus incertus" = Harpagodes nodosus
"Strombus incertus" = Harpagodes nodosus Sowerby 1823 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Gyrostrea delettrei, Amphidonte obliquatum, Ilymatogyra africana, "Exogyra olisiponensis" = Costagyra olisiponensis
Gyrostrea delettrei Coquand 1862 oyster
Amphidonte obliquatum oyster
Ilymatogyra africana Lamarck 1801 oyster
"Exogyra olisiponensis" = Costagyra olisiponensis Sharpe 1850 oyster | |
"Neithea aequicostata" = Neithea (Neithea) aequicostata
"Neithea aequicostata" = Neithea (Neithea) aequicostata Lamarck 1819 scallop | |
Plicatula reynesi scallop | |
Septifer samiri Abbass 1962 mussel | |
Dosinia delettrei venus clam
Venus reynesi venus clam | |
Thracia seguenzai clam | |
Pholadomya vignesi Lartet 1877 clam | |
Crassatella incurva n. sp.
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Echinoidea | |
Holectypus excisus sea urchin | |
Micraster corbovis Forbes 1850 heart urchin
Micraster leskei d'Orbigny 1855 heart urchin | |
Salenia sp. Gray 1835 sea urchin |