Garet Gehannem, G55 (Eocene of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (29.3° N, 30.2° E: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 26.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Qasr El-Sagha Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: platform or shelf-margin reef; red limestone

• "mostly accumulated in shallow and marginal marine environments of narrow tectonic basins"
• "consists of highly fossil-rich reddish to pink hard fossiliferous limestone"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. S. M. Moneer, A. G. A. Hewaidy, H. M. Ayyad, A. Samir, M. S. Antar, A. F. El-Balkiemy, and Y. S. Bazeen. 2024. Taxonomy, paleoecology, and paleobiogeographical significance of the middle-late Eocene molluscs from the Garet Gehannem section in the Fayoum depression, Egypt. Journal of African Earth Sciences 214:105231 [W. Kiessling/A. Watson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 234881: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Alissa Watson on 19.05.2024

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
Claibornicardia pharaonum
Claibornicardia pharaonum Oppenheim 1903 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Turkostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata
"Turkostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata Deshayes 1832 oyster