Rizan Aneiza hills, Sinai (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (30.9° N, 33.7° E: paleocoordinates 8.6° N, 27.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Vraconian

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: M. Avnimelech. 1947. A new species of Aspidiscus from the Middle Cretaceous of Sinai and remarks on this genus in general. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae (Band 40)294-299 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 161579: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 08.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Acteonellidae
Acteonella gracilis Douvillé 1916 snail
 Cerithioidea - Diastomatidae
Diastoma ornatum Douvillé 1916 snail
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Colombellinidae
Columbellina fusiformis Douvillé 1916 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita dupini d'Orbigny 1843 clam