Where: Egypt (28.7° N, 30.9° E: paleocoordinates 22.9° N, 26.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Giushi Member (Mokattam Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• Blanckenhorn's layer I-5. Equated to the Giushi Formation (now considered a member of the Mokattam Formation) by Gingerich 1992.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: M. Blanckenhorn. 1900. Neus zur Geologie und Paleontologie Aegyptens. II. Das Palaeogne. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 52:403-479 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 97545: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.08.2010, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Xanthopsis sp. M'Coy 1849 stone crab | |
Lobocarcinus sp. Reuss 1857 crab | |
Cephalopoda | |
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Bivalvia | |
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam | |
Solen sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Gryphaea gumbeli oyster | |
Ostrea reili oyster
Ostrea fraasi Mayer-Eymar 1888 oyster | |
Vulsella sp. Ršding 1798 oyster | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Membranipora sp. Blainville 1834 | |
Echinoidea | |
Porocidaris schmiedeli pencil urchin | |
Brissopsis angusta heart urchin | |
Mammalia | |
"Zeuglodon sp." = Basilosaurus
"Zeuglodon sp." = Basilosaurus Harlan 1834 whale | |
Foraminifera | |
Nummulites schweinfurthi, Nummulites subdiscorbina, Nummulites curvispira, Nummulites gizehensis, Dictyoconos sp. n. gen.
Dictyoconos sp. n. gen. Blanckenhorn 1900 | |
Eschara | |
Eschara sp. Linnaeus 1758 |