Rizan Aneiza Fm., Gebel Raghawi section (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Also known as Reef 4195

Where: Sinai, Egypt (30.8° N, 33.5° E: paleocoordinates 7.2° N, 29.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rizan Aneiza Formation, Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments

• The rudist-bearing section was formed during a period of relative tectonic quiescence on an extended carbonate shelf.

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: Y. Salama, M. Grammer, S. Saber, S. El-Shazly, and G. Abdel-Gawad. 2018. Sequence Stratigraphy and Rudist Facies Development of the Upper Barremian-Lower Cenomanian Platform, Northern Sinai, Egypt. Acta geologica sinica 92(1):286-310 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 193559: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 29.05.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Deshayesitidae
Deshayesites deshayesi
Deshayesites deshayesi d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia sp.
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
Lithocodium aggregatum
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Lithocodium aggregatum
Cyanophyceae
  - Garwoodiaceae
Bacinella irregularis
Bacinella irregularis Radoicic 1959
Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella problematica
Girvanella problematica Nicholson and Etheridge 1878
Foraminifera
 Orbitolinacea - Orbitolinidae
Orbitolina texana, Orbitolina parva, Palorbitolina lenticularis