Wadi El Fuqaha - "El Fuqaha Formation" (Eocene of Libya)

Where: Libya (27.6° N, 36.2° E: paleocoordinates 18.2° N, 29.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: El Fuqaha Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• A unit composed of green and yellow, argillaceous, sandy and gypsiferous limestones. Assigned a Middle Eocene age and correlated to Midde-upper Eocene Wadi Tamit Formation and Paleocene-lower Eocene Gebel Uadan Formation.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: gypsiferous, green, yellow, argillaceous, sandy limestone

• Neashore.
• Green and yellow, argillaceous, sandy and gypsiferous limestones.

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: No detailed collection data reported.

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 42123: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.07.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Collection based on taxa listed in text as typical of formation. Includes mollusca, echinodermata, and foraminifera.
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unclassified
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Koilospatangus cleopatrae
Echinoidea
 Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
Echinolampas sp.
Echinolampas sp. Gray 1825 sea urchin
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizaster mokattamensis, Linthia desioi, Linthia navillei
Linthia desioi heart urchin
Linthia navillei de Loriol 1880 heart urchin
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Vulsella eymari, Vulsella cf. crispata, Vulsella cf. pseudocrispata
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea aviola
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea pharaonum
Gryphaea pharaonum oyster
Subspecies: Gryphaea pharaonum var. aviculina
Foraminifera
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Operculina hardiei, Operculina thouini