Gebel Yelleg, Galala Formation, Sinai - Bed 4 (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (30.4° N, 33.5° E: paleocoordinates 8.1° N, 27.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Galala Formation, Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified marl

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 114866: 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.
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (Nucula) margaritifera Douvillé 1916 nut clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Paraesa faba Sowerby 1827 venus clam
 Cardiida - Glossidae
Glossus aquilinus Coquand 1862 clam
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Colombellinidae