Where: Sinai, Egypt (30.8° N, 33.5° E: paleocoordinates 9.9° N, 27.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Halal Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments
Size classes: macrofossils, 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 193562: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 29.05.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Bivalvia | |
Eoradiolites liratus Conrad 1852 rudist |