Also known as Minia Formation, Minia
Where: Egypt (28.1° N, 30.8° E: paleocoordinates 20.5° N, 25.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Minia Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• Underlies the nummulitic limestones of the Mokattam Formation and overlies the Thebes Formation. The unit was given a middle Eocene (Lutetian) age based on forams, although other workers have suggested a Ypresian age.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; concretionary, shelly/skeletal, cherty/siliceous 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 41901: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Foraminifera | |
Echinoidea | |
Leiocidaris miniehensis pencil urchin | |
Echinopsis libyca sea urchin | |
Conoclypeus delanouei sea urchin |