Wadi Qena, 11 (Paleocene of Egypt)
Where: Egypt (26.3° N, 33.0° E: paleocoordinates 13.7° N, 27.4° E)
When: Dakhla Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• biozone Pla(2)
Environment/lithology: marine; shale
Collection methods: size fraction >63 um
Primary reference: G. Keller. 2002. Guembelitria-dominated late Maastrichtian planktic foraminiferal assemblages mimic early Danian in central Egypt. Marine Micropaleontology 47:71-99 [C. Cervato/C. Cervato]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 57444: authorized by Cinzia Cervato, entered by Cinzia Cervato on 13.12.2005
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Taxonomic list
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Foraminifera | |
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Hedbergella monmouthensis Olsson 1960 | |
"Eoglobigerina edita" = Globigerina edita, Eoglobigerina eobulloides, "Parvularugoglobigerina extensa" = Eoglobigerina extensa
"Eoglobigerina edita" = Globigerina edita Subbotina 1953
"Parvularugoglobigerina extensa" = Eoglobigerina extensa Blow 1979 | |
Heterohelix d. punctulata, Heterohelix navarroensis, Heterohelix globulosa, Heterohelix dentata, Guembelitria trifolia, Guembelitria cretacea
Heterohelix d. punctulata Ehrenberg 1843
Heterohelix navarroensis Loeblich 1951
Heterohelix globulosa Ehrenberg 1840
Heterohelix dentata Stenestad 1968
Guembelitria cretacea Cushman 1933 | |