Where: Egypt (28.7° N, 33.2° E: paleocoordinates 7.8° N, 27.5° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Neolobites vibrayeanus ammonoid zone, Raha Formation, Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 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 114794: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 24.08.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Heterodiadema libycum Agassiz and Desor 1846 sea urchin | |
Coenholectypus excisus Desor 1847 sea urchin | |
Hemiaster (Hemiaster) cubicus heart urchin
Hemiaster (Hemiaster) syriacus Conrad in Lynch 1852 heart urchin | |
Cephalopoda | |
Neolobites vibrayeanus d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |
Avellana sp. d'Orbigny 1842 snail | |
Pyrazus (Pyrazus) valeriae de Verneuil and de Loriere 1868 snail | |
Pterodonta deffisi snail
Tylostoma (Tylostoma) pallaryi Peron and Fortau 1904 snail | |
Volutoderma elleryi volute | |
"Pterocera incerta" = Harpagodes nodosus
"Pterocera incerta" = Harpagodes nodosus Sowerby 1823 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nucula (Nucula) margaritifera Douvillé 1916 nut clam | |
Modiolus (Modiolus) aequalis Sowerby 1818 mussel
Brachidontes ornatissimus d'Orbigny 1844 mussel | |
Neithea (Neithea) dutrugei Dutrugei 1862 scallop | |
"Plicatula auressensis" = Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis, "Plicatula fourneli" = Plicatula (Plicatula) fourneli, "Plicatula ferryi" = Plicatula (Plicatula) ferryi
"Plicatula auressensis" = Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis Coquand 1862 scallop
"Plicatula fourneli" = Plicatula (Plicatula) fourneli Coquand 1862 scallop
"Plicatula ferryi" = Plicatula (Plicatula) ferryi Coquand 1862 scallop | |
Gervillella sublanceolata d'Orbigny 1850 oyster | |
Costagyra olisiponensis, Ilymatogyra africana, Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum, Ceratostreon flabellatum
Costagyra olisiponensis Sharpe 1850 oyster
Ilymatogyra africana Lamarck 1801 oyster
Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum Lamarck 1801 oyster
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster | |
Cucullaea (Idonearca) trigona Seguenza 1882 clam | |
Barbatia (Barbatia) aegyptiaca Fourtau 1917 clam | |
Protocardia hillana Sowerby 1813 cockle | |
"Linearia aegyptiaca n. sp." = Linearis
"Linearia aegyptiaca n. sp." = Linearis tellin clam | |
Paraesa faba Sowerby 1827 venus clam | |
Pollex sinaiensis n. sp.
Pollex sinaiensis n. sp. clam | |
Corbula cf. parsura Stoliczka 1871 clam | |
Sphaera corrugata, "Lucina fallax" = Mesomiltha fallax
Sphaera corrugata Sowerby 1822 clam
"Lucina fallax" = Mesomiltha fallax Forbes 1846 clam | |
Maghrebella forgemoli Coquand 1862 clam | |
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) scabra Lamarck 1819 clam |