Also known as Maadi Formation, Maadi

Where: Egypt (29.9° N, 30.6° E: paleocoordinates 24.1° N, 25.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Basal Member (Maadi Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• The Maadi Formation varies in thickness, but is 64 m (131 ft) at Maadi. The base of the formation (this collection) is composed of brown sandy limestones, with shales and sandy shales in the upper part ("Ain Musa bed"). The Maadi Formation has been assigned an upper Eocene age.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: brown, sandy limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: Collection data based on review of previously published literature.

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 41917: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.07.2004

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