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
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 | |
Pterodonta sp. d'Orbigny 1843 snail | |
Harpagodes cf. heberti snail
Harpagodes nodosus Sowerby 1823 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Neithea (Neithea) coquandi Peron 1877 scallop | |
Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis Coquand 1862 scallop | |
Curvostrea rouvillei Coquand 1862 oyster
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster
Costagyra olisiponensis Sharpe 1850 oyster | |
Cardita ? nicaisei Coquand 1862 clam | |
Paraesa faba Sowerby 1827 venus clam | |
Pholadomya pedernalis Roemer 1852 clam | |
Echinoidea | |
Gentilia syriensis Kier 1962 sea urchin | |
Hemiaster (Hemiaster) syriacus Conrad in Lynch 1852 heart urchin |