Gebel Kibli el Ahram (Unit 3, Maadi Formation), Egypt -Tawadros (2001): Bartonian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Pristidae
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Propristis scweinfurthi
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella polytoeniata
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea elegans
Deshayes 1832
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| recombined as Cubitostrea elegans | ||||||||||
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Ostrea clotbeyi
Bellardi 1854
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| recombined as Alectryonia clotbeyi | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula polymorpha
Bellardi 1854
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Carolia placunoides
Cantraine 1838
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 30.1° North, 31.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 24.2° North, 26.6° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Bartonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Bartonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 41.20000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Maadi | ||||
| Regional order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: At Gebel Kibli el Ahram the Maadi Formation consists of, from base to top: 1) fissile marls; 2) fossiliferous marly limestones and siliceous limestione beds; 3) GYPSIFEROUS MARLS AND BROWN LIMESTONES; 4) marly limestones; 5) brown sandy limestones. Unspecified thickness. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gypsiferous lithified marl |
| Secondary lithology: | brown "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Gypsiferous marls and brown limestones | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
| Geology comments: No environmental data reported. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: Collection data based on review of previously published literature. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Comprises taxa mentioned in text as typical of formation, including molluscs and forams. Page 141 of Tawadros (2001) | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Unit 3, Maadi Formation, Gebel Kibli el Ahram | ||
| Database number: | 42052 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-07-22 22:56:13 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-22 22:56:13 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11199. | E. E. Tawadros. 2001. Geology of Egypt and Libya 1-468 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/M. Clapham] |