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

Also known as Birket Qarun Formation, Gebel Qatrani

Where: Egypt (29.7° N, 30.6° E: paleocoordinates 23.9° N, 25.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• Overlies the Qasr el Sagha Formation, and is overlain by the Oligocene Qatrani Formation. The succession from which list originates is 180 m (591 ft) thick.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, gypsiferous, shelly/skeletal, argillaceous, cherty/siliceous limestone

• No environmental data reported.
• Argillaceous and gypsiferous limestones, shales, siliceous limestones rich in molluscs and forams.

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 41916: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.07.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Comprises taxa mentioned in text as typical of formation, including molluscs and forams. Page 140 of Tawadros (2001)
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Carolia placunoides Cantraine 1838 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata, Ostrea reili, "Ostrea clotbeyi" = Alectryonia clotbeyi
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata Deshayes 1832 oyster
Ostrea reili oyster
"Ostrea clotbeyi" = Alectryonia clotbeyi Bellardi 1854 oyster