Naqb El Rufuf, bed 12: Thanetian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Aturiidae
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Aturia sp.
Bronn 1838
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Hercoglossidae
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Deltoidonautilus hassani n. sp.
Hewaidy et al. 2019
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Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 25.7° North, 30.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 14.6° North, 25.2° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Thanetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Thanetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 59.20000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Tarawan |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified chalk |
| Lithology description: Hard to moderately hard white to yellowish white chalk and chalky limestone | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Al-Azhar University Geological Museum | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 199921 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-02-20 23:06:05 | Last modified: | 2019-02-20 23:06:05 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-02-20 23:06:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 67989. | A. G. A. Hewaidy, G. M. El Qot, and E. S. M. Moneer. 2019. Campanian-early Eocene cephalopods from Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. Annales de Paléontologie 105:45-61 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |