Rizan Aneiza Fm., Rizan Aneiza section, northern Sinai: Late/Upper Aptian, Egypt

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Eoradiolites plicatus (Conrad 1852)
Orbitolinidae
Orbitolina (Mesorbitolina) parva
Orbitolina (Mesorbitolina) texana
see common names

Geography
Country:Egypt State/province:Sinai
Coordinates: 30.9° North, 33.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:7.0° North, 28.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 2-3
Key time interval:Late/Upper Aptian
Age range of interval:119.50000 - 113.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Rizan Aneiza
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "mixed carbonate-siliciclastic"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm Tectonic setting:passive margin
Geology comments: The rudist-bearing section was formed during a period of relative tectonic quiescence on an extended carbonate shelf.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:50265
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:S. Nurnberg Research group:marine invertebrate,micropaleontology
Created:2005-05-11 06:39:49 Last modified:2006-06-16 07:22:07
Access level:the public Released:2005-05-11 06:39:49
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
13496. T. Steuber and M. Bachmann. 2002. Upper Aptian-Albian rudist bivalves from northern Sinai, Egypt. Palaeontology 45(4):725-749 [W. Kiessling/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]

Secondary references:

18442 M. A. Abdelhamid and M.M. Azab. 2003. Aptian-Cenomanian Echinoids from Egypt. Revue de Paleobiologie, Geneve 22(2):851-876 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]