Qasr el Sagha (Eocene to of Egypt)
Where: Egypt (29.3° N, 30.8° E: paleocoordinates 23.2° N, 26.1° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Qasr el-Sagha Formation, Middle Eocene to Middle Eocene (47.8 - 33.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. Roman and A. Strougo. 1987. Fayoumaster Pharaonum n. gen., n. sp. (Asteroidea, Goniasteridae) et son cadre stratigraphique et paléoécologique. Annales de Paléontologie 73(1):29-50 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 3290: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 29.07.1999
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Taxonomic list
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Asteroidea | |
Fayoumaster pharaonum Roman and Strougo 1987 sea star | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella lessepsi turret shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"Notocorbula lyonsi" = Corbula (Notocorbula)
"Notocorbula lyonsi" = Corbula (Notocorbula) clam | |
"Ostrea bogharensis" = Ostrea (Turkostrea) bogharensis
"Ostrea bogharensis" = Ostrea (Turkostrea) bogharensis Coquand 1976 oyster | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 |