Egypt 9 (Mokattam) (Eocene of Egypt)
Where: Egypt (30.1° N, 31.3° E: paleocoordinates 24.2° N, 26.6° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: carbonate
Primary reference: H. L. Abbass. 1967. A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods. United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph (4)1-154 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 2959: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 23.07.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda | |
Tudicla africana Abbass 1967 snail | |
Velates tebanensis Abbass 1967 snail | |
Mesalia tricarinata Abbass 1967 turret shell | |
Diastoma sameri Abbass 1967 snail | |
Semicassis ovoidea Abbass 1967 snail | |
Ficopsis moharrami Abbass 1967 fig shell
Ficus huzayeni Abbass 1967 fig shell | |
Ectinochilus saidi Abbass 1967 true conch | |
Drepanocheilus wagihi Abbass 1967 snail | |
Xenophora rugata Abbass 1967 carrier shell | |
Volutocorbis humei Abbass 1967 volute
Volutocorbis sohli Abbass 1967 volute
Closia gamali Abbass 1967 volute | |
Mitra mosaensis Abbass 1967 mitre shell
Mitraria obaidi Abbass 1967 mitre shell
Mitraria awadi Abbass 1967 mitre shell | |
Leucozonia helmii Abbass 1967 true whelk
Tectarius carinatus Abbass 1967 periwinkle | |
Hipponix gomai, Hipponix woodi, Cerithiella tuberculata, Cerithiella convexa, Cerithiella spiralis, Magnatica globosa
Cerithiella tuberculata Abbass 1967 snail
Cerithiella convexa Abbass 1967 snail
Cerithiella spiralis Abbass 1967 snail
Magnatica globosa Abbass 1967 moon snail | |
Amaea issawii Abbass 1967 wentletrap
Boreoscala faizae Abbass 1967 wentletrap | |
Calliomphalus bicarinatus Abbass 1967 snail | |
Liotia ghorabi Abbass 1967 snail | |
Trochus tihensis Abbass 1967 top snail | |
Architectonica higazii Abbass 1967 sundial |