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Wadi Matulla, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 29.2333,33.1833 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | South Sinai Governorate, Egypt |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Wadi Matulla (Bed 3) | El-Hedeny M. M. (2006) | Matulla | sandstone | 86.3 - 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Wadi Matulla | El-Hedeny M. M. (2006) | Matulla | sandstone | 89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Pterotrigonia vaelsiensis species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Megatrigoniidae : Pterotrigonia : Pterotrigonia vaelsiensis | 89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
El-Hedeny M. M. (2006) Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) scabra (LAMARCK, 1819), a polymorphic bivalve from the Upper Cretaceous (Coniacian-Santonian) of Egypt, Revue de Paéobiologie 25 2, 709-722 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!