Also known as Basal Mokattam Formation, Beni Hassan
Where: Egypt (28.0° N, 30.8° E: paleocoordinates 20.5° N, 25.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: "Upper" Member (Mokattam Formation), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• The unit has been assigned a upper Lutetian age in addition to an upper Middle Eocene-lower Upper Eocene age. The formation is here composed of yellow limestones. This is above the "basal" member of white limestones.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: yellow limestone
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 41906: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinolampas africanus sea urchin
Echinolampas perrier sea urchin | |
Schizaster mokattamensis heart urchin | |
Bivalvia | |
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam | |
Ostrea pharaonum oyster |