Western Desert, Egypt: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Nicaiseilopha nicaisei
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Volutocorbis desertorum
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| spelled with current rank as Athleta (Volutocorbis) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana producta
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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cf. Pholadomya lucerna
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| originally entered as "Pholadomya cf. lucerna" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Veniella dakhlensis
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| originally entered as "Veneilla dakhlensis" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia vredenburgi
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramus faragi
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys acutiplicatus
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Lopha bomilcaris
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Exogyra overwegi
von Buch 1852
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca schweinfirthi
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Geography
| Country: | Egypt | State/province: | Western Desert |
| Coordinates: | 25.0° North, 30.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.5° North, 25.3° East | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 | *Epoch: | Senonian |
| *International age/stage: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Zone: | Exogyra wegeneri |
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | phosphorite |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 3154 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | A. Krug, K. Layou |
| Modifier: | A. Krug | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-07-27 12:31:14 | Last modified: | 2002-07-02 10:03:58 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-07-27 12:31:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 144. | A. Kassab, A. Kenawy, and M. Zakhira. 1995. Biostratigraphy of some Upper Cretaceous/Lower Tertiary outcrops from the Egyptian Western Desert. Neues Jahrbuch fuer Geologie und Palaeontologie-Abhandlungen 196(3):309-326 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou] |