Maghara Area, Gebel Mistan, Acteonella bed (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (30.8° N, 33.6° E: paleocoordinates 7.8° N, 28.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Albian (109.0 - 105.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; brown, yellow, sandy limestone

• 1 m thickness yellowish brown, dolomitic sandy limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. S. Mekawy. 2013. Taphonomy of Aptian-Albian Beds in the Gebel Mistan, Maghara Area, Northern Sinai, Egypt. Earth Science and Climatic Change 4(2) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 151614: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 08.10.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Acteonellidae