Saqqara (Saqqara Limestone), Egypt -Tawadros (2001) (Eocene of Egypt)

Also known as Saqqara Limestone, Saqqara

Where: Egypt (29.9° N, 31.2° E: paleocoordinates 24.1° N, 26.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Saqqara Limestone Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• The Saqarra limestone is a 25 m (82 ft) thick unit composed of brown, siliceous, dolomitized, non-fossiliferous limestones, overlying the Mokattam Formation, and marked by a hard bivalve rich bed at the top. This unit has been included in the Minia Formation. It is equivalent to the Giran El Ful Member.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, dolomitic, brown, cherty/siliceous limestone

• No environmental data reported.
• Hard, brown, siliceous, dolomitized, generally non-fossiliferous limestones.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with dolomite

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 42058: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 22.07.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Comprises taxa mentioned in text as typical of formation, including molluscs and forams. Page 142 of Tawadros (2001)
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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Carolia sp.
Carolia sp. Cantraine 1838 scallop