Wadi Quseib, Galala Fm, Costagyra olisiponensis − Ceratostreon flabellatum assoc (Cretaceous to of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (29.3° N, 34.7° E: paleocoordinates 8.2° N, 28.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Galala Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian to Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• middle siliciclastic/carbonate member

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; green, yellow marl and marl

• yellowish grey to yellowish green, glauconitic, moderately soft marls.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: W. Ayoub-Hannaa and F. T. Fürsich. 2012. Palaeoecology and environmental significance of benthic associations from the Cenomanian-Turonian of eastern Sinai, Egypt. Beringeria (42)93-138 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 150787: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 15.09.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Tylostomatidae
Pterodonta sp. d'Orbigny 1843 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Harpagodes nodosus Sowerby 1823 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea (Neithea) coquandi Peron 1877 scallop
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Curvostrea rouvillei Coquand 1862 oyster
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster
Costagyra olisiponensis Sharpe 1850 oyster
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita ? nicaisei Coquand 1862 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Paraesa faba Sowerby 1827 venus clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya pedernalis Roemer 1852 clam
Echinoidea
 Irregularia - Archiaciidae
Gentilia syriensis Kier 1962 sea urchin
 Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Hemiaster (Hemiaster) syriacus Conrad in Lynch 1852 heart urchin