Maadi ("Ain Musa bed", Maadi Formation), Egypt -Tawadros (2001) (Eocene of Egypt)

Also known as "Ain Musa bed", Maadi Formation, Maadi

Where: Egypt (29.0° N, 30.0° E: paleocoordinates 23.2° N, 25.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: "Ain Musa bed" Member (Maadi Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• The Maadi Formation varies in thickness, but is 64 m (131 ft) at Maadi. The base of the formation is composed of brown sandy limestones, with shales and sandy shales in the upper part ("Ain Musa bed") (this collection). The Maadi Formation has been assigned an upper Eocene age.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandy shale

• No environmental data reported.
• Shales and sandy shales.

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 41918: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

• Comprises taxa mentioned in text as typical of formation, including molluscs and forams. Page 140 of Tawadros (2001)
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Echinoidea
 Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
Echinolampas crameri
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Anisaster gibberulus