Scarp on the eastern side of Minia: Lutetian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Nummulitidae
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Nummulites gizehensis
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Tubothalamea
- Miliolida
- Alveolinidae
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Alveolina cf. subpyrenaica
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Echinoidea
- Echinolampadoida
- Echinolampadidae
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Echinolampas africanus
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Echinoidea
- Cassiduloida
- Cassidulidae
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Cassidulus sp.
Lamarck 1801
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Schizasteridae
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Schizaster fourtaui
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Nautilidae
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Nautilus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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= Nautilidae indet.
de Blainville 1825
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Clapham 2015 | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 28.1° North, 30.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 20.6° North, 25.8° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| 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: | Samalut | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Presumably actually from the Samalut Formation, which is equivalent to (or slightly older than) the Mokattam Formation. The unit is approximately 160 m (525 ft) in thickness at this locality. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Made up of limestone with gastropods and bivalves. | |
| Environment: | carbonate 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. Page 135 of Tawadros (2001) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 41904 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy, M. Clapham | Enterer: | A. Hendy, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-07-21 22:53:12 | Last modified: | 2019-09-07 16:28:01 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-21 22:53:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |