Where: Red Sea Governorate, Egypt (28.9° N, 32.3° E: paleocoordinates 17.7° N, 26.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: South Galala Formation, Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: J. Kuss and U. Leppig. 1989. The early Tertiary (middle-late Paleocene) limestones from the western Gulf of Suez, Egypt. N.Jb. Geol. Palaont. Abh 177(3):289-332 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 215920: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 29.11.2020

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