Um El Ghanayim, bed 6 (Paleocene of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (25.9° N, 30.7° E: paleocoordinates 14.8° N, 25.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tarawan Formation, Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified chalk

• Hard to moderately hard white to yellowish white chalk and chalky limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Al-Azhar University Geological Museum

Primary reference: A. G. A. Hewaidy, G. M. El Qot, and E. S. M. Moneer. 2019. Campanian-early Eocene cephalopods from Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. Annales de Paléontologie 105:45-61 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 199923: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.02.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Aturiidae
Aturia sp.
Aturia sp. Bronn 1838 nautiloid
 Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Aturoidea sp.
Aturoidea sp. Vredenburg 1925 nautiloid