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

Where: Sinai, Egypt (30.8° N, 33.5° E: paleocoordinates 7.4° N, 28.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rizan Aneiza Formation, Early/Lower Albian (112.0 - 109.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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: T. Steuber and M. Bachmann. 2002. Upper Aptian-Albian rudist bivalves from northern Sinai, Egypt. Palaeontology 45(4):725-749 [W. Kiessling/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 50271: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 11.05.2005, edited by Mihaela Krause

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Taxonomic list

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Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Neomeris sp., Montiella elitzae
Neomeris sp. Lamouroux 1816
Montiella elitzae Bakalova 1971
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Boueina sp.
Boueina sp. Toula 1883
Foraminifera
 Loftusiacea - Cyclamminidae
Everticyclammina sp.
 Orbitolinacea - Orbitolinidae
Orbitolina (Mesorbitolina) parva, Orbitolina (Mesorbitolina) texana
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia sp.
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Knemiceratidae
Knemiceras syriacum, Knemiceras gracile
Knemiceras syriacum Von Buch 1848 ammonite
Knemiceras gracile Douvillé 1916 ammonite