Kom Ombo, (Masmas Formation) Egypt -Tawadros (2001) (Pleistocene of Egypt)

Also known as Masmas Formation, Kom Ombo

Where: Aswan, Egypt (24.5° N, 32.9° E: paleocoordinates 24.4° N, 32.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Masmas Formation, Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• Silts and channel facies in the Kom Ombo area. The thickness of the formation was estimated to be more than 43 m (141 ft).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "channel"; siltstone

• Accumulated by Nile River system. Not marine, but contains Corbicula.
• Silts and channel facies.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: No detailed collection data reported.

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 42122: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.07.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Collection based on taxa listed in text as typical of formation. Includes only mollusca.
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Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Corbicula fluminalis
 Unionida - Unionidae
Unio willococksi
Unio willococksi freshwater mussel
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Planorbis ehrenbergi, Bulinus truncatus
Bulinus truncatus Audouin 1827 snail
 Heterostropha - Valvatidae
Valvata nilotica
 Cerithioidea - Paludomidae
Cleopatra bulimoides
Cleopatra bulimoides Olivier 1804 snail