Beni Hassan (upper Mokattam Formation), Egypt -Tawadros (2001): Lutetian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Nummulitidae
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Nummulites gizehensis
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Echinoidea
- Echinolampadoida
- Echinolampadidae
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Echinolampas africanus
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Echinolampas perrier
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Schizasteridae
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Schizaster mokattamensis
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula sp.
Bruguière 1789
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea pharaonum
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Egypt |
Coordinates: | 28.0° North, 30.8° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 20.5° 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: | Mokattam | Member: | "Upper" | ||
Regional section: | Beni Hassan | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: The unit has been assigned a upper Lutetian age in addition to an upper Middle Eocene-lower Upper Eocene age. The formation is here composed of yellow limestones. This is above the "basal" member of white limestones. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | yellow "limestone" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: Yellow limestone. | |
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
Also known as: | Basal Mokattam Formation, Beni Hassan | ||
Database number: | 41906 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2004-07-21 22:59:20 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-21 22:59:20 |
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] |