Gebel Qarara, Egypt (Eocene of Egypt)

Where: Eastern Desert, Egypt (28.7° N, 30.9° E: paleocoordinates 21.1° N, 26.0° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Qarara Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: peritidal; shale

• collection from brick-red ferruginous mud layer in a dark, non-calcareous argillaceous unit

Primary reference: A. Strougo and M. M. Azab. 1982. Middle Eocene Mollusca from the basal beds of Gebel Qarara (Upper Egypt), with remarks on the depositional environment of these beds. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie-Monatshefte 1982(11):667-678 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3297: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Zack Krug on 29.07.1999, edited by Karen Layou

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Neritina sp.
Neritina sp. Lamarck 1816 snail
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Potamides qararaensis n. sp., Tympanotonos aegyptiacus n. sp.
Potamides qararaensis n. sp. horn snail
originally entered as "Potamides qararaensis n. sp."
Tympanotonos aegyptiacus n. sp. horn snail
originally entered as "Tympanotonos aegyptiacus n. sp."
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes sp. n. sp.
Brachidontes sp. n. sp. Swainson 1840 mussel
originally entered as "Brachidontes n. sp."
 Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca aberrans n. sp.
Striarca aberrans n. sp. clam
originally entered as "Striarca aberrans n. sp."
 Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Corbicula secunda n. sp.
Corbicula secunda n. sp. clam
originally entered as "Corbicula secunda n. sp."
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
? Ursirivus nanus n. sp.
? Ursirivus nanus n. sp. clam
originally entered as "Ursirivus? nanus n. sp."