Gebel Yelleg, Halal Fm (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (30.4° N, 33.5° E: paleocoordinates 8.1° N, 27.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone

• inner shelf setting or carbonate platform interior, affected by storm events
• These rudist beds are mainly built up of limestone intercalated with marl and dolostone.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

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 193571: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 30.05.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Chondrodontidae
Chondrodonta sp.
Chondrodonta sp. Stanton 1901 scallop
 Hippuritida - Ichthyosarcolitidae
"Ichthyosarcolites sp." = Icthyosarcolites
"Ichthyosarcolites sp." = Icthyosarcolites Desmarest 1817 rudist
 Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Eoradiolites liratus
Eoradiolites liratus Conrad 1852 rudist
 Hippuritida - Caprinulidae
Neocaprina sp.
Neocaprina sp. Plenicar 1961 rudist
 Hippuritida - Monopleuridae
Mathesia darderi
Florideophyceae
 Sporolithales - Corallinophycidae
Sporolithon rude
Rhodophyceae
  - Gymnocodiaceae
Permocalculus sp.
Permocalculus sp. Elliott 1955
  - Solenoporaceae
Solenopora sp.
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp., Boueina hochstetteri
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
 Bryopsidales - Codiaceae
Arabicodium sp.
Arabicodium sp. Elliott 1957
Foraminifera
 Orbitolinacea - Orbitolinidae
Orbitolina subconcava