Gabal Abraq - Abu Hashim Fm. (Carboniferous to of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (23.4° N, 34.8° E: paleocoordinates 41.4° S, 33.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Abu Hashim Formation, Hastarian to Hastarian (358.9 - 300.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, ferruginous, brown, yellow sandstone

• no environmental details given.
• brown, yellowish brown, coarse-grained, ferruginous sandstone, rich in Calamites sp. and Knorria sp. Generally, these rocks are poorly sorted and assume 40 m in thickness. Cross-bedding is observed (planar and trough).

Primary reference: M. M. Selim and M. M. Said. 1993. Contribution to the geology of Gabal Abraq, southeast of Aswan, Egypt. Annals of the Geological Survey of Egypt 19:325-333 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13109: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 21.01.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Calamites sp.
Calamites sp. Suckow 1784
Knorria
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Knorria sp.
Knorria sp. Sternberg 1825