Gebel Duwi, Egypt: Early/Lower Eocene, Egypt

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella aegyptiaca Mayer-Eymar 1895
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cominella mayeri
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea multicostata Deshayes 1832
recombined as Cubitostrea multicostata
Ostrea multicostata multicostata
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina thebaica
Saxolucina edita
original and current combination Claibornites (Saxolucina)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar aegyptiaca
Cytherea nilana
Cytherea productula
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Cycladicama chiesai
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Gari sp. Schumacher 1817
"(s.l.) sp." - originally entered as "Gari (s.l.) sp."
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Paraglans aegyptiaca
see common names

Geography
Country:Egypt State/province:Quseir
Coordinates: 26.1° North, 34.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:16.1° North, 28.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Ypresian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Early/Lower Eocene
Key time interval:Early/Lower Eocene
Age range of interval:55.80000 - 48.60000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Thebes
Local section:Gebel Duwi Local bed:a
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray "carbonate"
Secondary lithology: chert
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:3298
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:C. Visaggi Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-07-29 08:40:57 Last modified:2004-03-11 16:25:05
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

181. A. Strougo and R. A. Abul-Nasr. 1981. On the age of the Thebes Formation of Gebel duwi, Quseir Area, Egypt. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie-Monatshefte 1981(1):49-53 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou]