Egypt 10 (Fayium): Bartonian, Egypt

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Colsia castelli
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica saghaensis Abbass 1967
Gastropoda - Vasidae
Tudicla barakati Abbass 1967
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Haminoeidae
Haminoea barakai
originally entered as "Haminaea barakai"
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Colina coxi Abbass 1967
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Mesalia bassiounii Abbass 1967
Mesalia shatai Abbass 1967
Peyrotia ansarii Abbass 1967
Turritella carinifera Deshayes 1824
recombined as Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera
Turritella pharaonica Cossmann 1901
recombined as Turritella (Torquesia) pharaonica
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea ramsisi Abbass 1967
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Globularia farouqi Abbass 1967
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Cepatia shazlii Abbass 1967
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Clavilithes nilotica Abbass 1967
Buccinofusus ageri Abbass 1967
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Heligmotoma shinawii
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Surcula ingens (Mayer-Eymar 1895)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turris cleopatrae Abbass 1967
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum nefertitae Abbass 1967
Hyalina arabica Abbass 1967
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Athleta fayiumensis Abbass 1967
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Ectinochilus misrensis Abbass 1967
Rimella mediterranica Abbass 1967
Gastropoda - Pediculariidae
Cypraedia reedi Abbass 1967
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Bernaya quarunensis Abbass 1967
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Cassis anwari Abbass 1967
Cassidaria cheops Abbass 1967
see common names

Geography
Country:Egypt
Coordinates: 29.3° North, 30.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.5° North, 26.2° 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:2960
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:C. Visaggi Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-07-23 07:27:25 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]