Bir Dungul (section B) (=BDB) (Paleocene of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (23.4° N, 31.6° E: paleocoordinates 12.2° N, 25.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Garra Formation, Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

• zones P3b–P4 at the base to P3b–P5 at the top. Calcareous nannofossil zones range

•from top NP6 up to an undifferentiated interval upper NP7– lower NP8, indicating an early Thanetian

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; marl and limestone

• marls that grade upwards into chalky marls and marly limestones

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. Košťák, J. W. Jagt, R. P. Speijer, P. Stassen, and E. Steurbaut. 2013. New Paleocene Sepiid Coleoids (Cephalopoda) from Egypt: Evolutionary Significance and Origin of the Sepiid "Rostrum". Plos one 8(11) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 172933: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 02.09.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Sepiida - Belosaepiidae
Aegyptosaepia lugeri
Aegyptosaepia lugeri Košťák et al. 2013 cuttlefish
  - Anomalosaepiidae
? Anomalosaepia sp.
? Anomalosaepia sp. Weaver and Ciampaglio 2003