Egypt 5 (Mokattam): Lutetian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica dehmi
Abbass 1967
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Gastropoda
- Liotiidae
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Liotia ramlii
Abbass 1967
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Scaphander radii
Abbass 1967
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Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Velates rogeri
Abbass 1967
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Mesalia minuta
Abbass 1967
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Turritella baghosi
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Turritella naimi
Abbass 1967
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Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Ampullonatica gioushiensis
Abbass 1967
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Gastropoda
- Campanilidae
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Campanile niloticum
Abbass 1967
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Gastropoda
- Hipponicidae
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Hipponix ovalis
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| originally entered as "Hipponyx ovalis" | ||||||||||
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Hipponix conoides
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| originally entered as "Hipponyx conoides" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Neverita kaitheyensis
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Amaurellina farisi
Abbass 1967
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Sinum nagibi
Abbass 1967
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Heligmotoma sabeti
Abbass 1967
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus cairoensis
Abbass 1967
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Turris adendanii
Abbass 1967
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Lyria barkoukensis
Abbass 1967
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Volutilithes osmani
Abbass 1967
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Harpidae
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Harpa omarai
Abbass 1967
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus sadeki
Abbass 1967
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Terebellum ameri
Abbass 1967
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Drepanocheilus fodai
Abbass 1967
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Gastropoda
- Rostellariidae
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Tibia youssefi
Abbass 1967
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Gisortia mahgoobi
Abbass 1967
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Cassidaria khaledi
Abbass 1967
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Charonia yehiai
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Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 30.1° North, 31.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 22.5° North, 26.4° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Lutetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Lutetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: this is a Middle Eocene, Upper Lutetian list |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | calcareous "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Geology comments: lithology described as interbedded marls and limestones | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 2955 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | K. Layou |
| Modifier: | S. Kuemmell | Research group: | marine invertebrate,vertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-07-23 06:47:42 | Last modified: | 2004-07-20 11:16:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-07-23 06:47:42 |
| 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] |