Egypt 1: Danian, Egypt

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Metacerithiidae
Metacerithium abictiforme
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella nazigae
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Libycerithium dachelensis
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Anchura schweinfurthi
Drepanocheilus bicarinatus
Drepanocheilus unicarinatus
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Gilbertina abbassi
Avellana chargensis
see common names

Geography
Country:Egypt
Coordinates: 25.4° North, 32.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:12.8° North, 26.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Danian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Danian
Age range of interval:66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: this list was in a previously published monograph of the series as a late Cretaceous list
Metadata
Database number:2927
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:C. Visaggi Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-07-22 11:27:14 Last modified:2004-03-11 16:25:05
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:17
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

130. 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]