Gar El-Hamra (Hamra Formation), Egypt -Tawadros (2001): Lutetian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella angulata
Sowerby 1840
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| synonym of Kapalmerella ranikoti | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea multicostata
Deshayes 1832
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| recombined as Cubitostrea multicostata | |||||||
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Nummulitidae
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Nummulites champollioni
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Nummulites gizehensis
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| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 28.5° North, 29.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 21.0° North, 24.8° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Lutetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Lutetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Hamra | ||||
| Regional section: | Gar El-Hamra | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Consists of limestones with marl intercalations. It overlies the Qazzun Formation and unconformably underlies the Radwan Formation (Oligocene). It was assigned an upper Lutetian-Bartonian age, although there is evidently no proof for this Bartonian age. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | yellow "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Limestones with marl intercalations. | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
| Geology comments: No environmental data reported. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Comprises taxa mentioned in text as typical of formation, including molluscs and forams. Page 137 of Tawadros (2001) | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Hamra Formation, Gar El-Hamra | ||
| Database number: | 41907 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-07-21 23:02:14 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-21 23:02:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11199. | E. E. Tawadros. 2001. Geology of Egypt and Libya 1-468 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/M. Clapham] |