Kom el Shelul (Kom el Shelul Formation Formation), Egypt -Tawadros (2001) (Pliocene of Egypt)

Also known as Kom el Shelul Formation, Maadi

Where: Al Jizah, Egypt (30.1° N, 31.2° E: paleocoordinates 29.9° N, 31.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Kom el Shelul Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• The type section of the formation is at Kom el Shelul. This section is 24 m (82 ft) in thickness and made up on coquinoidal limestones, marls, and fossiliferous sandstones in the lower part and non-fossiliferous sandstone with flint pebbles in the upper part. The collection is from the lower part.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal, calcareous limestone and shelly/skeletal sandstone

• Marine. No further paleoenvironmental data presented.
• Coquinoidal limestones, marls, and fossiliferous sandstones

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: No detailed collection data reported.

Primary reference: E. E. Tawadros. 2001. Geology of Egypt and Libya 1-468 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 42118: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.07.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Collection based on taxa listed in text as typical of formation. Includes mollusca, echinoderms. Forams and ostracods are mentioned but not identified.
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys scabrella" = Chlamys scabrellus, Pecten benedictus
"Chlamys scabrella" = Chlamys scabrellus Lamarck 1819 scallop
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus coronaturs conch
Possible mispelling, i.e. S. coronatus?
Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae