Where: Egypt (25.3° N, 30.6° E: paleocoordinates 12.8° N, 25.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Kharga Shale Member (Dakhla Formation), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• Kharga Shale Member of the Dakhla Formation (paper shale) and overlying Tarawan Chalk (snow-white chalk)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified shale and lithified chalk
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. Y. Hassan and S. A. Salama. 1970. Contribution to the coral fauna of the Maastrichtian-Paleocene "paper shales" and "snow-white chalk" of the oasis of the south-western desert of Egypt. Bulletin de l'institut d'Egypte 51:73-101 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 87218: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.03.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Stephanophyllia intermedia n. sp." = Stephanophyllia indica
"Stephanophyllia intermedia n. sp." = Stephanophyllia indica Duncan 1880 stony coral | |
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"Discosmilia cf. analavelonensis" = Deltocyathus complanatus, "Paratrochocyathus epicharis" = Trochocyathus speciosus, "Protrochocyathus deniseptatus n. sp." = Trochocyathus speciosus, "Paratrochocyathus lemniscatus" = Trochocyathus speciosus, ? Paracyathus sp., "Dungulia libyca" = Desmophyllum excavatum, Caryophyllia mediavia2, "Caryophyllia konincki" = Caryophyllia konincki2, "Caryophyllia konincki" = Caryophyllia konincki2, "Caryophyllia phanerocosta n. sp." = Caryophyllia konincki, "Caryophyllia aegyptiaca n. sp." = Caryophyllia konincki, Parasmilia sp.
"Discosmilia cf. analavelonensis" = Deltocyathus complanatus Squires 1958 stony coral
"Paratrochocyathus epicharis" = Trochocyathus speciosus Gabb and Horn 1860 stony coral
"Protrochocyathus deniseptatus n. sp." = Trochocyathus speciosus Gabb and Horn 1860 stony coral
"Paratrochocyathus lemniscatus" = Trochocyathus speciosus Gabb and Horn 1860 stony coral
? Paracyathus sp. Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
"Dungulia libyca" = Desmophyllum excavatum Hagenow 1839 stony coral
"Caryophyllia konincki" = Caryophyllia konincki2 Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral var. vigentipali
"Caryophyllia phanerocosta n. sp." = Caryophyllia konincki Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
"Caryophyllia aegyptiaca n. sp." = Caryophyllia konincki Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Parasmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
"Kumbiopsammia cf. besairiei" = Palaeopsammia zitteli, "Palaeopsammia multiformis" = Palaeopsammia zitteli, "Bathypsammia cleopatrae n. sp." = Palaeopsammia zitteli, "Pattalophyllia aegyptiaca" = Palaeopsammia zitteli
"Kumbiopsammia cf. besairiei" = Palaeopsammia zitteli Vaughan 1900 stony coral
"Palaeopsammia multiformis" = Palaeopsammia zitteli Vaughan 1900 stony coral
"Bathypsammia cleopatrae n. sp." = Palaeopsammia zitteli Vaughan 1900 stony coral
"Pattalophyllia aegyptiaca" = Palaeopsammia zitteli Vaughan 1900 stony coral |