Wadi Quseib, Galala Fm, Paraesa faba − Hemiaster (M.) heberti turonensis assoc. : Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Cladocora sp.
Ehrenberg 1834
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Pseudodiadematidae
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Heterodiadema libycum
(Agassiz and Desor 1846)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Phymosomatidae
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Phymosoma abbatei
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14 specimens | |||||||||
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Phymosoma sinaeum
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Rachiosoma irregulare
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Rachiosoma geysi
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Holectypoida
- Holectypidae
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Coenholectypus turonensis
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43 specimens | |||||||||
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Coenholectypus larteti
(Cotteau 1869)
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Hemiasteridae
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Hemiaster (Mecaster) heberti
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86 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Mecaster | ||||||||||
| ssp. turonensis | ||||||||||
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Hemiaster (Mecaster) fourneli
Agassiz and Dessor 1847
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14 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Mecaster fourneli | ||||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Orthopsidae
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Orthopsis ovata
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Hemicidaroida
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Micropedina olisiponensis
(Forbes in Sharpe 1850)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Arbacioida
- Arbaciidae
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Goniopygus menardi
(Desmarest in Defrance 1925)
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20 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiolus (Modiolus) aequalis
(Sowerby 1818)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea (Idonearca) trigona
(Seguenza 1882)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Cucullaea (Idonearca) thevestensis
(Coquand 1862)
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19 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Rastellum carinatum
(Lamarck 1806)
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) vesicularis
(Lamarck 1806)
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15 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis | ||||||||||
| ssp. vesiculosa | ||||||||||
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Gyrostrea cf. anubis
Malchus 1990
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27 specimens | |||||||||
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Curvostrea rouvillei
(Coquand 1862)
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46 specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum
(Lamarck 1801)
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35 specimens | |||||||||
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Costagyra olisiponensis
(Sharpe 1850)
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30 specimens | |||||||||
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Exogyra conica
(Sowerby 1813)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Amphidonte conica | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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Phelopteria atra
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Phelopteria gravida
(Coquand 1862)
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Malleidae
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Nayadina (Nayadina) gaudryi
Thomas and Peron 1891
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Neitheidae
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Neithea (Neithea) dutrugei
(Dutrugei 1862)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula (Plicatula) ferryi
(Coquand 1862)
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35 specimens | |||||||||
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Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis
(Coquand 1862)
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Chondrodontidae
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Chondrodonta joannae
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20 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Pseudolimea itieriana
(Pictet and Roux 1852)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Mactromyidae
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Clisocolus corrugatus
Popenoe 1937
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Granocardium (Granocardium) productum
(Sowerby 1832)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Protocardia hillana
(Sowerby 1813)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Veniella cf. trapezoidalis
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Tenea delettrei
(Coquand 1862)
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20 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Paraesa faba
(Sowerby 1827)
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106 specimens | |||||||||
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Meretrix desvauxi
(Coquand 1862)
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30 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Glossidae
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Glossus aquilinus
(Coquand 1862)
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Hippuritida
- Radiolitidae
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Radiolites sauvagesi
(d'Hombres-Firmas 1838)
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Pholadomya fabrina
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Pholadomya pedernalis
Roemer 1852
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21 specimens | |||||||||
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Pholadomya vignesi
Lartet 1877
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18 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Eucyclidae
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Calliomphalus orientalis
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
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Neoptyxis olisiponensis
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Campanilidae
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Campanile (Campanile) ganesha
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Tylostomatidae
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Tylostoma cossoni
Thomas and Peron 1889
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Tylostoma (Tylostoma) globosum
Sharpe 1849
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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? Fasciolariidae indet.
Gray 1853
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Colombellinidae
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Columbellina fusiformis
Douvillé 1916
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Aporrhais sp.
da Costa 1778
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 29.3° North, 34.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 8.2° North, 28.4° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Galala |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | wackestone |
| Secondary lithology: | marl |
| Lithology description: marly and shaly interbeds and in marly limestones (wackestones). | |
| Environment: | open shallow subtidal |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 150675 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-09-12 19:41:56 | Last modified: | 2017-08-04 18:02:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2013-12-12 19:41:56 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 48157. | W. Ayoub-Hannaa and F. T. Fürsich. 2012. Palaeoecology and environmental significance of benthic associations from the Cenomanian-Turonian of eastern Sinai, Egypt. Beringeria (42)93-138 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause] |