Also known as Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Where: Egypt (25.4° N, 32.4° E: paleocoordinates 15.5° N, 27.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Esna Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• From the "Cinquième Etage" of Delanoue, according to Oppenheim. Stenzel (1935) and Miller (1947) attributed the specimen to the Esneh Shale (now called Esna Formation). Lowest member of Esna Formation is Thanetian, but upper three are Ypresian age.
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with pyrite, replaced with limonite
Collected by Blanckenhorn, Schweinfurth in 1902-1903; reposited in the BSP, TMM
• Some material sent by Oppenheim to H. B. Stenzel (BEG specimens at University of Texas)
Primary reference: P. Oppenheim. 1902. Ueber die Fossilien der Blättermergel von Theben. Sitzungsberichte der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse 32:435-456 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 169302: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Kristina Okamoto on 15.05.2015, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Palaeopsammia zitteli" = Palaeopsammia zitteli, "Pattalophyllia aegyptiaca" = Palaeopsammia zitteli
"Palaeopsammia zitteli" = Palaeopsammia zitteli Vaughan 1900 stony coral
"Pattalophyllia aegyptiaca" = Palaeopsammia zitteli Vaughan 1900 stony coral | |
Cephalopoda | |
Aturia praeziczac n. sp.
Aturia praeziczac n. sp. Oppenheim 1902 nautiloid | |
"Nautilus desertorum" = Cimomia desertora
"Nautilus desertorum" = Cimomia desertora Quaas 1902 nautiloid | |
Gastropoda | |
Trochus aff. margaritifer Böhm 1891 top snail | |
Pleurotomaria thebensis n. sp.
Pleurotomaria thebensis n. sp. Oppenheim 1902 snail | |
Eulima wanneri n. sp.
Eulima wanneri n. sp. Oppenheim 1902 snail | |
Cerithium abietiforme Wanner 1902 cerith snail | |
"Alaria sp." = Dicroloma
"Alaria sp." = Dicroloma Gabb 1868 snail | |
"Voluta (Scaphella) aegyptiaca" = Scaphella aegyptiaca
"Voluta (Scaphella) aegyptiaca" = Scaphella aegyptiaca Wanner 1902 volute | |
Natica farafrensis Wanner 1902 moon snail | |
Cinulia ptahis Wanner 1902 snail
Cinulia cretacea Quaas 1902 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Limea delanouei Oppenheim 1902 file clam | |
Axinus cretaceus Wanner 1902 clam | |
? Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam | |
Neaera aegyptiaca n. sp.
Neaera aegyptiaca n. sp. Oppenheim 1902 clam | |
? Cypricardia sp. Lamarck 1819 clam | |
Nucula cf. chargensis Quaas 1902 nut clam | |
Leda leia Wanner 1902 pointed nut clam
Leda zitteli Böhm 1891 pointed nut clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Terebratulina chrysalis Schlotheim 1813 | |
Crinoidea | |
"Pentacrinus (Balanocrinus) africanus" = Isselicrinus africanus
"Pentacrinus (Balanocrinus) africanus" = Isselicrinus africanus Peron 1889 Sea lily | |
Echinoidea | |
Porocidaris prior n. sp.
Porocidaris prior n. sp. Oppenheim 1902 pencil urchin | |
Chondrichthyes | |
? Lamna aff. vincenti Winkler 1878 mackerel shark |