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 | |
Avellana chargensis snail
Gilbertina abbassi snail | |
Libycerithium dachelensis horn snail | |
Turritella nazigae turret shell | |