Gebel Kibli el Ahram (Unit 2, Maadi Formation), Egypt -Tawadros (2001) (Eocene of Egypt)

Also known as Unit 2, Maadi Formation, Gebel Kibli el Ahram

Where: Egypt (30.1° N, 31.3° E: paleocoordinates 24.2° N, 26.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Maadi Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• At Gebel Kibli el Ahram the Maadi Formation consists of, from base to top: 1) fissile marls; 2) FOSSILIFEROUS MARLY LIMESTONES AND SILICEOUS LIMESTONE BEDS; 3) gypsiferous marls and brown limestones; 4) marly limestones; 5) brown sandy limestones. Unspecified thickness.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shelly/skeletal, cherty/siliceous limestone

• No environmental data reported.
• Fossiliferous marly limestones and siliceous limestone beds.

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: Collection data based on review of previously published literature.

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 42053: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 22.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

• Comprises taxa mentioned in text as typical of formation, including molluscs and forams. Page 141 of Tawadros (2001)
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Echinoidea
 Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
Echinolampas globulus