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The Middle to Upper Cenomanian Halal and Turonian Wata formations crop out at Gabal Minsherah, Gabal Yelleg and Gabal Maaza in the northern Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. This paper describes the rudist assemblages of the two formations in a sequence stratigraphic framework. Tabular thickets of conical to cylindrical elevator radiolitid rudists were the most common benthic type on the northern Cenomanian – Turonian Sinai shelf. The thickets were either single beds or multiple beds intercalated with marl or packstone. Most biostromes were laterally restricted and do not extend to nearby outcrops. The Cenomanian rudist biostromes are thin and composed mainly of several species of Radiolitidae and less common Caprinidae together with coralline sponges and benthic foraminifers. The Turonian rudist biostromes are composed of several species of Radiolitidae. The Cenomanian Halal Formation grades upward from basal quartz arenite into bioclastic-oolitic grainstone overlain by bioclastic packstone and wackestone. Dolomite beds are part of the highstand facies. The Formation is composed of transgressive-regressive Halal Sequences 1 and 2. The base of the overlying Wata Formation is Sequence Boundary 3 at the base of Wata Sequence 3, which is Lower to Middle Turonian. The sequence boundary between the Halal and the Wata is marl-on-marl with Upper Cenomanian ammonites overlain by a condensed interval with ammonites of several Lower Turonian zones that are particularly well exposed at Gabal Minsherah. The boundary is interpreted by graphic correlation as a million-year-long hiatus after which carbonate deposition resumed and low-diversity rudist assemblages recovered. The hiatus is correlated to the global anoxic event OAE 2. Following OAE 2 carbonate deposition resumed and produced microfacies similar to those of the Cenomanian. The Upper Turonian Wata Formation is composed of Wata Sequences 4 and 5.

Cenomanian - Turonian rudist assemblages and sequence stratigraphy on the North Sinai carbonate shelf, Egypt