Garra-Dungul (Dungul Formation), Egypt -Tawadros (2001) (Eocene of Egypt)

Also known as Dungul Formation, Garra-Dungul

Where: Egypt (31.6° N, 23.4° E: paleocoordinates 22.3° N, 19.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Dungul Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• Has been assigned both a lower Eocene age and a late Paleocene-early Eocene age. The formation is Ypresian in age at the type locality.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone and shale

• No environmental data reported.
• A unit composed of shales and limestone interbeds.

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: E. E. Tawadros. 2001. Geology of Egypt and Libya 1-468 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 41902: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.07.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Comprises taxa mentioned in text as typical of formation, including molluscs and forams.
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unclassified
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Conoclypeos delanouei
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata Deshayes 1832 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus alexandrae
Spondylus alexandrae scallop
Assumed to be mispelt: Sondylus=Spondylys?
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizaster sp.
Schizaster sp. Agassiz 1835 heart urchin
Foraminifera
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Nummulites irregularis, Nummulites deserti, Operculina sp.
Nummulites deserti de la Harpe 1883