Gebel Duwi, Egypt (Eocene of Egypt)

Where: Quseir, Egypt (26.1° N, 34.1° E: paleocoordinates 16.1° N, 28.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Thebes Formation, Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: gray carbonate and chert

Primary reference: A. Strougo and R. A. Abul-Nasr. 1981. On the age of the Thebes Formation of Gebel duwi, Quseir Area, Egypt. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie-Monatshefte 1981(1):49-53 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3298: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 29.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella aegyptiaca Mayer-Eymar 1895 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cominella mayeri true whelk
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata Deshayes 1832 oyster
Ostrea multicostata multicostata
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar aegyptiaca venus clam
Cytherea nilana venus clam
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Gari sp. Schumacher 1817 clam
"(s.l.) sp." - originally entered as "Gari (s.l.) sp."
 Carditida - Carditidae