Wadi Feiran, Mukattab, horizon 2: Cenomanian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Globigerinidae
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Hedbergella planispira
(Tappan 1940)
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| original and current combination Globigerina planispira | |||||||
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Globorotaliidae
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Rotalipora cushmani
(Morrow 1934)
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| original and current combination Globorotalia cushmani | |||||||
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Marginotruncanidae
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Whiteinella baltica
Douglas and Rankin 1969
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Heterohelicidae
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Heterohelix moremani
(Cushman 1938)
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| original and current combination Guembelina moremani | |||||||
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Guembelitria cenomana
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Globotruncanidae
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Praeglobotruncana stephani
(Gandolfi 1942)
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| original and current combination Globotruncana stephani | |||||||
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Rotalipora appenninica
(Renz 1936)
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| original and current combination Globotruncana appenninica | |||||||
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Anomalinidae
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Globigerinelloides bentonensis
(Morrow 1934)
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| original and current combination Anomalina bentonensis | |||||||
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Hedbergellidae
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Hedbergella deliroensis
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Rotaliporidae
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Rotalipora brotzeni
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Favusellidae
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Favusella hiltermanni
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Favusella washitensis
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Acanthoceratidae
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Calycoceras cf. barruei
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Engonoceratidae
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Neolobites faurtaui
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Neolobites vibrayeanus
(d'Orbigny 1841)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Ceratostreon flabellatum
(Goldfuss 1833)
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Ilymatogyra africana
(Lamarck 1801)
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Exogyra olisiponensis
Sharpe 1850
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| recombined as Costagyra olisiponensis | |||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 28.8° North, 33.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 7.9° North, 27.8° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
| Key time interval: | Cenomanian | Ammonoid zone: | Neolobites vibrayeanus |
| Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Raha | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: planctic foraminiferal zone: Rotalipora cushmani | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | silty,sandy "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Environment: | open shallow subtidal |
| Geology comments: environment described as littoral | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 138415 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Aberhan | Enterer: | T. Schossleitner |
| Modifier: | T. Schossleitner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-01-17 21:10:11 | Last modified: | 2013-01-17 04:27:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-01-17 21:10:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 44300. | A. S. Kassab, and N. A. Obaidalla. 2001. Integrated biostratigraphy and inter-regional correlation of the Cenomanian–Turonian deposits of Wadi Feiran, Sinai, Egypt. Creatceous Research 22:105-114 [M. Aberhan/T. Schossleitner] |