Schech-Abd-el-Ourun, Thebes: Ypresian, Egypt
collected by Blanckenhorn, Schweinfurth 1902-1903

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Porocidaris prior n. sp. Oppenheim 1902
Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isselicrinidae
Pentacrinus (Balanocrinus) africanus (Peron 1889)
recombined as Isselicrinus africanus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
? Lamna aff. vincenti (Winkler 1878)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Terebratulina chrysalis (Schlotheim 1813)
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae
Aturia praeziczac n. sp. Oppenheim 1902
(1 measurement)
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Nautilus desertorum Quaas 1902
recombined as Cimomia desertora
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Cinulia ptahis Wanner 1902
Cinulia cretacea Quaas 1902
Gastropoda - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomaria thebensis n. sp. Oppenheim 1902
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Trochus aff. margaritifer Böhm 1891
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium abietiforme Wanner 1902
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica farafrensis Wanner 1902
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Voluta (Scaphella) aegyptiaca (Wanner 1902)
original and current combination Scaphella aegyptiaca
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Alaria sp. Morris and Lycett 1851
synonym of Dicroloma
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Eulima wanneri n. sp. Oppenheim 1902
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Leda leia Wanner 1902
Leda zitteli Böhm 1891
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula cf. chargensis Quaas 1902
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limea delanouei Oppenheim 1902
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Trapezidae
? Cypricardia sp. Lamarck 1819
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Neaera aegyptiaca n. sp. Oppenheim 1902
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Thyasiridae
Axinus cretaceus Wanner 1902
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
? Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Guyniidae
Palaeopsammia zitteli (Vaughan 1900)
Pattalophyllia aegyptiaca (Wanner 1902)
synonym of Palaeopsammia zitteli
see common names

Geography
Country:Egypt
Coordinates: 25.4° North, 32.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:15.5° North, 27.0° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Ypresian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Ypresian
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Esna
Stratigraphy comments: From the "Cinquième Etage" of Delanoue, according to Oppenheim. Stenzel (1935) and Miller (1947) attributed the specimen to the Esneh Shale (now called Esna Formation). Lowest member of Esna Formation is Thanetian, but upper three are Ypresian age.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "shale"
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: Described primarily as deep middle shelf pelagic shale to outer shelf pelagic shale by El-Azabi & Farouk (2011), suggesting offshore environment.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,replaced with pyrite,replaced with limonite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BSP,TMM
Collectors:Blanckenhorn, Schweinfurth Collection dates:1902-1903
Collection method comments: Some material sent by Oppenheim to H. B. Stenzel (BEG specimens at University of Texas)
Metadata
Also known as:Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Database number:169302
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:K. Okamoto, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-05-15 18:55:52 Last modified:2019-08-07 23:50:25
Access level:the public Released:2015-05-15 18:55:52
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
59776. P. Oppenheim. 1902. Ueber die Fossilien der Blättermergel von Theben. Sitzungsberichte der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse 32:435-456 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

27587 A. K. Miller. 1947. Tertiary nautiloids of the Americas. Geological Society of America Memoir 23:1-234 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]