Section A26 Temple Member, B. no 26: Priabonian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella desertica
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Turritella pharaonica
Cossmann 1901
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13 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Turritella (Torquesia) pharaonica | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Carolia (Carolia) placunoides
Cantraine 1838
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| Carolia (Carolia) placunoides foraminifera | ||||||||||
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Wakullina (Huyella) lefevrei
(Fischer 1880)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Osrea (Turkostrea) reili
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| Osrea (Turkostrea) reili marginals | ||||||||||
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Ostrea (Turkostrea) bogharensis
Coquand 1976
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Ostrea (Ostrea) elegans
Deshayes and Abbass 1973
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10 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Ostrea (Turkostrea) bogharensis | ||||||||||
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Ostrea (Turkostrea) multicostata
(Deshayes 1832)
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21 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Cubitostrea multicostata | ||||||||||
| Ostrea (Turkostrea) multicostata multicostata | ||||||||||
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Cubitostrea (Cubitostrea) cubitus
(Deshayes 1832)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Ostrea cubitus | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 29.6° North, 31.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 24.9° North, 27.1° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Priabonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Qasr El- Sagha | Member: | Temple |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandy "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Lithology description: brownish yellow sandy limestone and underlain by greyish white friable sandstone | |
| Environment: | offshore indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 184745 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-03-21 08:42:00 | Last modified: | 2017-03-21 08:42:00 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2017-09-21 08:42:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 61931. | S. H. El-Shazly, G. I. Abdel-Gawad, Y. F. Salama and D. M. Sayed. 2016. Paleontology, paleobiogeography and paleoecology of Carolia-bearing beds from the Late Eocene rocks at Nile-Fayum Divide, Egypt. Journal of African Earth Sciences 124:447-477 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Uhen] |