Also known as Hamra Formation, Gar El-Hamra
Where: Egypt (28.5° N, 29.7° E: paleocoordinates 21.0° N, 24.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Hamra Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• Consists of limestones with marl intercalations. It overlies the Qazzun Formation and unconformably underlies the Radwan Formation (Oligocene). It was assigned an upper Lutetian-Bartonian age, although there is evidently no proof for this Bartonian age.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: yellow limestone and marl
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 41907: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Gastropoda | |
"Turritella angulata" = Kapalmerella ranikoti
"Turritella angulata" = Kapalmerella ranikoti Vredenburg 1928 turret shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata Deshayes 1832 oyster |