Schech-Abd-el-Ourun, Thebes: Ypresian, Egypt
collected by Blanckenhorn, Schweinfurth 1902-1903
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Guyniidae
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Palaeopsammia zitteli
(Vaughan 1900)
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Pattalophyllia aegyptiaca
(Wanner 1902)
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synonym of Palaeopsammia zitteli | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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? Lamna aff. vincenti
(Winkler 1878)
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Crinoidea
- Isocrinida
- Isselicrinidae
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Pentacrinus (Balanocrinus) africanus
(Peron 1889)
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recombined as Isselicrinus africanus | ||||||||||
Echinoidea
- Cidaroida
- Cidaridae
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Porocidaris prior n. sp.
Oppenheim 1902
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Cancellothyrididae
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Terebratulina chrysalis
(Schlotheim 1813)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Limea delanouei
Oppenheim 1902
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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? Lucina sp.
Bruguière 1797
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Thyasiridae
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Axinus cretaceus
Wanner 1902
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Trapezidae
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? Cypricardia sp.
Lamarck 1819
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Cuspidariidae
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Neaera aegyptiaca n. sp.
Oppenheim 1902
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Leda zitteli
Böhm 1891
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Leda leia
Wanner 1902
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula cf. chargensis
Quaas 1902
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Aturiidae
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Aturia praeziczac n. sp.
Oppenheim 1902
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(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Hercoglossidae
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Nautilus desertorum
Quaas 1902
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recombined as Cimomia desertora | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Pleurotomariidae
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Pleurotomaria thebensis n. sp.
Oppenheim 1902
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Trochus aff. margaritifer
Böhm 1891
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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Cinulia ptahis
Wanner 1902
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Cinulia cretacea
Quaas 1902
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Gastropoda
- Eulimidae
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Eulima wanneri n. sp.
Oppenheim 1902
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithium abietiforme
Wanner 1902
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica farafrensis
Wanner 1902
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Voluta (Scaphella) aegyptiaca
(Wanner 1902)
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original and current combination Scaphella aegyptiaca | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Alaria sp.
Morris and Lycett 1851
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synonym of Dicroloma | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Egypt |
Coordinates: | 25.4° North, 32.4° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 15.5° North, 27.0° East |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
Key time interval: | Ypresian | ||
Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Esna | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: From the "Cinquième Etage" of Delanoue, according to Oppenheim. Stenzel (1935) and Miller (1947) attributed the specimen to the Esneh Shale (now called Esna Formation). Lowest member of Esna Formation is Thanetian, but upper three are Ypresian age. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "shale" |
Environment: | offshore |
Geology comments: Described primarily as deep middle shelf pelagic shale to outer shelf pelagic shale by El-Azabi & Farouk (2011), suggesting offshore environment. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,replaced with pyrite,replaced with limonite |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | BSP,TMM | ||
Collectors: | Blanckenhorn, Schweinfurth | Collection dates: | 1902-1903 |
Collection method comments: Some material sent by Oppenheim to H. B. Stenzel (BEG specimens at University of Texas) |
Metadata
Also known as: | Sheikh Abd el-Qurna | ||
Database number: | 169302 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | K. Okamoto, M. Clapham |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2015-05-15 18:55:52 | Last modified: | 2019-08-07 23:50:25 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-05-15 18:55:52 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
59776. | P. Oppenheim. 1902. Ueber die Fossilien der Blättermergel von Theben. Sitzungsberichte der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse 32:435-456 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
27587 | A. K. Miller. 1947. Tertiary nautiloids of the Americas. Geological Society of America Memoir 23:1-234 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |