Gebel Yelleg, Galala Formation, Sinai - Bed 4: Late/Upper Albian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Colombellinidae
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Colombellina (Colombellina) fusiformis
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula (Nucula) margaritifera
Douvillé 1916
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Glossidae
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Glossus aquilinus
(Coquand 1862)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Paraesa faba
(Sowerby 1827)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Granocardium cf. proboscideum
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| synonym of Trachycardium | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Ceratostreon flabellatum
(Goldfuss 1833)
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| 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: | 4 |
| 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: | 114866 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Aberhan | Enterer: | S. Nurnberg | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-08-25 17:47:31 | Last modified: | 2011-08-25 03:47:31 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2016-08-25 17:47:31 |
| 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] |