Egypt 8 (Ras El Ghorab) (Eocene of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (25.4° N, 32.4° E: paleocoordinates 19.6° N, 27.4° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: carbonate

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 2958: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 23.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Velates rugatus
Velates rugatus Abbass 1967 snail
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Amaea ghorabensis
Amaea ghorabensis Abbass 1967 wentletrap
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Amaurellina fahmii, Ampullina nakkadii, Ampullina sabrii, Globularia wasfii, Globularia arabii
Amaurellina fahmii Abbass 1967 snail
Ampullina nakkadii Abbass 1967 snail
Ampullina sabrii Abbass 1967 snail
Globularia wasfii Abbass 1967 snail
Globularia arabii Abbass 1967 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Amauropsina elfari
Amauropsina elfari moon snail
originally entered as "Amaurospina elfari"
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Sycostoma kenawii
Sycostoma kenawii Abbass 1967 snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Notoplejona hammadi
Notoplejona hammadi Abbass 1967 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora eocenica
Xenophora eocenica Abbass 1967 carrier shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae
Digitolabrum abedi
Digitolabrum abedi Abbass 1967 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Terebellum ameri
Terebellum ameri Abbass 1967 true conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Pediculariidae
Cypraedia gizaensis
Cypraedia gizaensis Abbass 1967 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Gisortia ibrahimi
Gisortia ibrahimi Abbass 1967 cowry