Also known as Reef 2193

Where: Egypt (25.5° N, 30.1° E: paleocoordinates 13.0° N, 24.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: "Abu Tartur" Formation, Early/Lower Paleocene (66.0 - 61.7 Ma)

• Danian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: F. Schuster. 1996. Paleocene coral reefs and related facies associations, Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. Global and Regional Controls on Biogenic Sedimentation. I. Reef Evolution. Göttinger Arbeiten zur Geologie und Paläontologie SB2:169-174 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34684: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 16.09.2003

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