Minia (Minia Formation), Egypt -Tawadros (2001): Lutetian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Heterspatangus lefebverei
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Pleocarpilius sp.
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Nummulitidae
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Nummulites lucasi
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Echinoidea
- Orthopsidae
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Echinopsis libyca
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Echinoidea
- Cassiduloida
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Conoclypeus delanouei
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Echinoidea
- Cidaroida
- Cidaridae
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Leiocidaris miniehensis
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Egypt |
Coordinates: | 28.1° North, 30.8° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 20.5° North, 25.8° East |
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Lutetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
Key time interval: | Lutetian | ||
Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Minia | ||||
Regional section: | Minia | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Underlies the nummulitic limestones of the Mokattam Formation and overlies the Thebes Formation. The unit was given a middle Eocene (Lutetian) age based on forams, although other workers have suggested a Ypresian age. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | concretionary,shelly/skeletal cherty/siliceous "limestone" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: Limestones with chert concretions, very fossiliferous. | |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Geology comments: No environmental data reported. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:Comprises taxa mentioned in text as typical of formation, including molluscs and forams. |
Metadata
Also known as: | Minia Formation, Minia | ||
Database number: | 41901 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2004-07-21 22:35:07 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-21 22:35:07 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
11199. | E. E. Tawadros. 2001. Geology of Egypt and Libya 1-468 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/M. Clapham] |