Bir Abu Munqar, Sand Sea, Peak Hill Member of Dakhla Formation (Paleocene of Egypt)

Also known as Reef 2447

Where: Egypt (26.4° N, 27.3° E: paleocoordinates 15.8° N, 22.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Peak Hill Member (Dakhla Formation), Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 55.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• a chain of small patch reefs

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. W. Barthel and W. Herrmann-Degen. 1981. Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary stratigraphy in the Great Sand Sea and its margins (Farafra and Dakhla Oases), SW Desert, Egypt. Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und historische Geologie 21:141-182 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 69637: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.03.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastrea sp.
Actinastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea sp.
Siderastrea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Caulastrea sp., Platygyra sp.
Caulastrea sp. Dana 1846 stony coral
Platygyra sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp.
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral