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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda | |
"cf. Solarium subpatulum" = Trochus (Solarium)
"cf. Solarium subpatulum" = Trochus (Solarium) top snail originally entered as "Solarium cf. subpatulum"
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Mesalia locardi turret shell | |
Cassis nilotica snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Anomia libyca jingle | |
Cubitostrea plicata Solander 1766 oyster | |
Tugonia lorioli softshell clam
Tugonia zitteli softshell clam | |
Chama latecostata jewel box | |
Cytherea productula venus clam | |
Nemocardium sp. Meek 1876 cockle | |
Malacostraca | |
Callianassa nilotica Fraas 1867 decapod | |
Echinoidea | |
Sismondia logotheti sand dollar
Sismondia sp. Desor 1858 sand dollar |