Gebel Ekma, Matulla Formation, Sinai - Bed 23 (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (28.7° N, 33.2° E: paleocoordinates 10.2° N, 28.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: shaly Member (Matulla Formation), Late/Upper Coniacian (89.3 - 85.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, sandy 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 114804: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 25.08.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• See reference for (partly lumped) abundance data.
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
"Hemiaster (Mecaster) fourneli" = Mecaster fourneli
"Hemiaster (Mecaster) fourneli" = Mecaster fourneli Agassiz and Dessor 1847 heart urchin
 Clypeasteroida - Faujasiidae
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Tylostomatidae
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae