Gebel Yelleg, Galala Formation, Sinai - Bed 2: Late/Upper Albian, Egypt

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Ceratostreon flabellatum (Goldfuss 1833)
Gastropoda - Tylostomatidae
Pterodonta deffisi
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Pterocera incerta d'Orbigny 1842
synonym of Harpagodes nodosus
Echinoidea - Pseudodiadematidae
Tetragramma variolare (Brongniart 1822)
see common names

Geography
Country:Egypt
Coordinates: 30.4° North, 33.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:8.1° North, 27.6° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Albian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 4
Key time interval:Late/Upper Albian
Age range of interval:106.20000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Galala
Local section:Gebel Yelleg Local bed:2
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified marl
Environment:open shallow subtidal
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast,mold/impression,original aragonite,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:difficult macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Description of collected corals, coralline sponges, and bryozoans is outside the scope of the study.
Taxonomic list comments:See reference for (partly lumped) abundance data.
Metadata
Database number:114864
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:S. Nurnberg Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-08-25 17:35:55 Last modified:2011-08-25 03:44:49
Access level:authorizer only Released:2016-08-25 17:35:55
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
37168. G. M. El Qot. 2006. Late Cretaceous macrofossils from Sinai, Egypt. Beringeria 36:3-163 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg]