Wadi El Matuli III: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Planomalinidae
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Globigerinelloides subcarinata
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Globigerinelloides prairiehillensis
Pessagno 1967
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Heterohelicidae
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Heterohelix globulosa
(Ehrenberg 1840)
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Heterohelix reussi
(Cushman 1938)
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| original and current combination Guembelina reussi | ||||||||||
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Guembelitria cretacea
Cushman 1933
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Globotruncanidae
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Globotruncana aegyptiaca
Nakkady 1950
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| originally entered as "Globotruncata aegyptiaca" | ||||||||||
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Globotruncana duwi
(Nakkady 1950)
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| original and current combination Globotruncana aegyptiaca duwi | ||||||||||
| originally entered as "Globotruncata duwi" | ||||||||||
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Globotruncana arca
(Cushman 1926)
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| originally entered as "Globotruncata arca" | ||||||||||
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Rugoglobigerina macrocephala
Broennimann 1952
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia vredenburgi
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina subnumismalis
Orbigny 1850
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Veniella auressensis
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Meretrix rolhfsi
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Protocardia moabitica
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca multidentata
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea scaniensis
Coquand 1869
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| synonym of Acutostrea incurva | ||||||||||
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Abruptolopha abrupta
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Cameleolopha pauciplicata
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Flemingostreidae
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Lopha lunata
(Nilsson 1840)
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| synonym of Ambigostrea tripolitana | ||||||||||
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Lopha villei
(Coquand 1862)
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| recombined as Ambigostrea villei | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula numidica
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Egypt | State/province: | Nile Valley |
| Coordinates: | 30.1° North, 31.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 16.5° North, 26.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 | *Epoch: | Senonian |
| *International age/stage: | Early/Lower Maastrichtian | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Zone: | Lopha villei |
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Duwi |
| Local section: | Wadi El Matuli |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "carbonate" |
| Secondary lithology: | phosphorite |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 3594 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | K. Layou |
| Modifier: | C. Visaggi | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-08-05 09:18:54 | Last modified: | 2004-03-11 16:25:05 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 215. | A. S. Kassab and A. S. Mohamed. 1996. Upper Cretaceous macrofossils from the Duwi Formation of the Nile Valley, southern Egypt. Neues Jahrbuch fuer Geologie und Palaeontologie-Abhandlungen 200(3):259-284 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou] |