Wadi Qena, 7 (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 57448: authorized by Cinzia Cervato, entered by Cinzia Cervato on 13.12.2005
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Foraminifera | |
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Subbotina triloculinoises, Subbotina trivialis, "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 globulosa, Guembelitria danica, Guembelitria irregularis, Guembelitria trifolia, Guembelitria cretacea, Woodringina claytonensis
Heterohelix d. punctulata Ehrenberg 1843
Heterohelix globulosa Ehrenberg 1840
Guembelitria cretacea Cushman 1933
Woodringina claytonensis Loeblich and Tappan 1957 |