Where: Egypt (28.7° N, 33.2° E: paleocoordinates 9.8° N, 27.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Coilopoceras requienianum ammonoid zone, Wata Formation, Middle Turonian to Middle Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

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 114801: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 25.08.2011

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