Gebel Mokattam, east Cairo (Eocene to of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (30.0° N, 31.3° E: paleocoordinates 23.2° N, 26.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Mokattam Formation, Lutetian to Lutetian (47.8 - 38.0 Ma)

• The unit has been assigned a upper Lutetian age in addition to an upper Middle Eocene-lower Upper Eocene age. It has a thickness of 133 m (436.7 ft) at the type section near the Citadel, Cairo.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

• No environmental data reported.
• Limestone.

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

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 41899: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.07.2004, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Comprises taxa mentioned in text as typical of formation, including molluscs and forams. Page 135 of Tawadros (2001)
Foraminifera
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Echinoidea
 Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizaster foveatus heart urchin
Schizaster humei heart urchin
Schizaster libycus heart urchin
Schizaster deserti heart urchin
"Schizaster africanus" = Schizaster (Schizaster) africanus de Loriol 1863 heart urchin
 Spatangoida - Brissidae
Brissopsis lamberti heart urchin
Brissopsis lorioli heart urchin
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
Nautilidae indet. de Blainville 1825 nautiloid
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina pharaonis Bellardi 1854 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita sp. Bruguière 1792 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop