Egypt 12 (Gait 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 2962: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 23.07.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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Gastropoda | |
Lyrischapa pyramida Abbass 1967 volute | |
Mitraria megahidi Abbass 1967 mitre shell |