Egypt 2 (Ain Amur) (Paleocene of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (25.7° N, 30.0° E: paleocoordinates 13.9° N, 24.5° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shale and 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 2952: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 23.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Amaurellina moradi
Amaurellina moradi Awad and Abed 1967 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Ectinochilus amurensis
Ectinochilus amurensis Abbass 1967 true conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae
Tibia habibi
Tibia habibi Abbass 1967 snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria aegyptiaca
Lyria aegyptiaca Abbass 1967 volute
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Heligmotoma dakhlensis, Heligmotoma libycum
Heligmotoma dakhlensis Awad and Abed 1967 snail
Heligmotoma libycum Mayer-Eymar 1895 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Gyrodes amini, Sinum deserti, Euspira morisi
Gyrodes amini Awad and Abed 1967 moon snail
Sinum deserti Awad and Abed 1967 moon snail
Euspira morisi Awad and Abed 1967 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
Hipponix ainamurensis
Hipponix ainamurensis hoof shell
originally entered as "Hipponyx ainamurensis"