Gebel Duwi, Egypt (Eocene of Egypt)

Where: Quseir, Egypt (26.1° N, 34.1° E: paleocoordinates 19.1° N, 28.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Thebes Formation, Middle Eocene (48.6 - 37.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: gray carbonate and chert

Primary reference: A. Strougo and R. A. Abul-Nasr. 1981. On the age of the Thebes Formation of Gebel duwi, Quseir Area, Egypt. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie-Monatshefte 1981(1):49-53 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3300: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 29.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
"cf. Solarium subpatulum" = Trochus (Solarium)
"cf. Solarium subpatulum" = Trochus (Solarium) top snail
originally entered as "Solarium cf. subpatulum"
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Mesalia locardi turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Cubitostrea plicata Solander 1766 oyster
 Pholadida - Myidae
Tugonia lorioli softshell clam
Tugonia zitteli softshell clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Cardiida - Mactridae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Nemocardium sp. Meek 1876 cockle
aff. Nemocardium mokattamensis cockle
originally entered as "Nemocardium aff. mokattamensis"
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Callianassidae
Callianassa nilotica Fraas 1867 decapod
Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Laganidae
Sismondia sp. Desor 1858 sand dollar