Egypt 9 (Mokattam): Bartonian, Egypt

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Vasidae
Eovasum basatinensis
originally entered as "Euvasum basatinensis"
Tudicla africana Abbass 1967
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Velates tebanensis Abbass 1967
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Mesalia tricarinata Abbass 1967
Gastropoda - Diastomatidae
Diastoma sameri Abbass 1967
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Semicassis ovoidea Abbass 1967
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficopsis moharrami Abbass 1967
Ficus huzayeni Abbass 1967
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Ectinochilus saidi Abbass 1967
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Drepanocheilus wagihi Abbass 1967
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora rugata Abbass 1967
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutocorbis humei Abbass 1967
Volutocorbis sohli Abbass 1967
Closia gamali Abbass 1967
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra mosaensis Abbass 1967
Mitraria obaidi Abbass 1967
Mitraria awadi Abbass 1967
Gastropoda - Perissityidae
Leucozonia helmii Abbass 1967
Tectarius carinatus Abbass 1967
Gastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Hipponix gomai
originally entered as "Hipponyx gomai"
Hipponix woodi
originally entered as "Hipponyx woodi"
Cerithiella tuberculata Abbass 1967
Cerithiella convexa Abbass 1967
Cerithiella spiralis Abbass 1967
Magnatica globosa Abbass 1967
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Amaea issawii Abbass 1967
Boreoscala faizae Abbass 1967
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus bicarinatus Abbass 1967
Gastropoda - Liotiidae
Liotia ghorabi Abbass 1967
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Trochus tihensis Abbass 1967
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica higazii Abbass 1967
see common names

Geography
Country:Egypt
Coordinates: 30.1° North, 31.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.2° North, 26.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Bartonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Bartonian
Age range of interval:41.20000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "carbonate"
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:2959
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:C. Visaggi Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-07-23 07:16:35 Last modified:2004-03-11 16:25:05
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:17
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

130. H. L. Abbass. 1967. A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods. United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph (4)1-154 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement]