Egypt 1 (Paleocene of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (25.4° N, 32.4° E: paleocoordinates 12.8° N, 26.7° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shale

Collection methods: this list was in a previously published monograph of the series as a late Cretaceous list

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2927: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 22.07.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
 Cerithioidea - Metacerithiidae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella nazigae turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae