Wadi Qena, 36 (Paleocene of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (26.3° N, 33.0° E: paleocoordinates 13.7° N, 27.4° E)

When: Dakhla Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• biozone CF3

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Collection methods: size fraction >150 um

Primary reference: G. Keller. 2002. Guembelitria-dominated late Maastrichtian planktic foraminiferal assemblages mimic early Danian in central Egypt. Marine Micropaleontology 47:71-99 [C. Cervato/C. Cervato]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 57301: authorized by Cinzia Cervato, entered by Cinzia Cervato on 13.12.2005

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Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Globigerinaceae - Heterohelicidae
Heterohelix d. punctulata Ehrenberg 1843
Heterohelix dentata Stenestad 1968
Heterohelix navarroensis Loeblich 1951
Heterohelix planata Cushman 1938
Heterohelix globulosa Ehrenberg 1840
Heterohelix striata Ehrenberg 1840
"Heterohelix punctulata" = Guembelina punctulata Cushman 1938
 Globigerinaceae - Globotruncanidae
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Laeterohelix labellosa, "Planoglobulina carseyae" = Ventilabrella carseyae
Laeterohelix labellosa
Laeterohelix (H.) labellosa
"Planoglobulina carseyae" = Ventilabrella carseyae Plummer 1931
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
  - Guembelitriidae
Guembelitria cretacea Cushman 1933
 Globigerinina - Hedbergellidae