Where: Egypt (29.6° N, 34.4° E: paleocoordinates 8.6° N, 28.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Galala Formation, Middle Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; bioturbated, gray, yellow limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: W. S. Ayoub-Hannaa. 2011. Taxonomy and palaeoecology of the Cenomanian-Turonian macroinvertebrates from eastern Sinai, Egypt (part A). 1-418 [M. Aberhan/T. Schossleitner/T. Schossleitner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 140540: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 11.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Ilymatogyra africana Lamarck 1801 oyster
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster | |
Pseudolimea itieriana Pictet and Roux 1852 file clam | |
Tenea delletrei clam |