Gebel Gehannam (Birket Qarun Formation), Egypt -Tawadros (2001) (Eocene of Egypt)

Also known as Birket Qarun Formation, Gebel Gehannam

Where: Egypt (29.3° N, 30.2° E: paleocoordinates 23.5° N, 25.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Birket Qarun Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• Overlies the Gehannam Formation. Is 50 m thick (164 ft) thick, and comprises sandstones, with shale intercalations at the base and fossiliferous limestones at the top. Has been assigned a Lower Bartonian age.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, silty sandstone and shelly/skeletal limestone

• No environmental data reported.
• Comprises sandstones, with shale intercalations at the base and fossiliferous limestones at the top.

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 41915: 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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Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata, Ostrea reili, Ostrea fraasi, "Ostrea longirostris" = Ostrea roncana
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata Deshayes 1832 oyster
Ostrea reili oyster
Ostrea fraasi Mayer-Eymar 1888 oyster
"Ostrea longirostris" = Ostrea roncana Partsch 1870 oyster
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Carolia placunoides
Carolia placunoides Cantraine 1838 scallop
Foraminifera
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Nummulites beaumonti, Nummulites contortus, Nummulites striatus, Nummulites atacius, Operculina cf. discoidea