Wadi Quseib, Bed 39: Middle Cenomanian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Arca diceras
Seguenza 1882
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Cucullaea (Idonearca) diceras | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Flemingostreidae
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Ambigostrea pseudovillei
Malchus 1990
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Pycnodonte vesicularis
(Lamarck 1806)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis | ||||||||||
| Pycnodonte vesicularis vesiculosa | ||||||||||
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Curvostrea rouvillei
(Coquand 1862)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Gyrostrea delettrei
(Coquand 1862)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Ilymatogyra africana
(Lamarck 1801)
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165 specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum
(Lamarck 1801)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Ceratostreon flabellatum
(Goldfuss 1833)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Exogyra conica
(Sowerby 1813)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Amphidonte conica | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Poromyidae
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Poromya ? ligeriensis
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Ampullina ? abeihensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 29.3° North, 34.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 8.2° North, 28.4° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Cenomanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Galala | Member: | Middle siliciclastic/carbonate |
| Local section: | Wadi Quseib | Local bed: | 39 |
| Local order: | top to bottom | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | dolomitic,gray,green,yellow floatstone |
| Secondary lithology: | dolomitic,green,yellow rudstone |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 140237 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Aberhan | Enterer: | T. Schossleitner |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-03-05 23:09:37 | Last modified: | 2017-08-04 17:23:29 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-03-05 23:09:37 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 45224. | W. S. Ayoub-Hannaa. 2011. Taxonomy and palaeoecology of the Cenomanian-Turonian macroinvertebrates from eastern Sinai, Egypt (part A). 1-418 [M. Aberhan/T. Schossleitner/T. Schossleitner] |