Where: Sinai, Egypt (28.5° N, 34.0° E: paleocoordinates 20.9° N, 28.8° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• this is a Middle Eocene, upper Lutetian list

Environment/lithology: calcareous shale and limestone

Primary reference: H. L. Abbass. 1967. A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods. United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph (4)1-154 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2957: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 23.07.1999

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