Gebel Kibli el Ahram (Unit 1, Maadi Formation), Egypt -Tawadros (2001): Bartonian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bagginidae
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Rotalina sp.
d'Orbigny 1828
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Nummulitidae
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Operculina sp.
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Globigerinidae
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Globigerina sp.
d'Orbigny 1826
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Lituolida
- Lituolidae
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Textularia sp.
Defrance 1824
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Actinopteri
- Ichthyodectiformes
- Saurodontidae
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Saurocephalus fayumensis
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Fish teeth? | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Pristidae
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Propristis schweinfurthi
Priem 1897
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Fish teeth? | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Carcharias frequens
Dames 1883
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recombined as Carcharhinus frequens | ||||||||||
Fish teeth? | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Lamna sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Fish teeth? | ||||||||||
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 section: | Gebel Kibli el Ahram | Regional bed: | Unit 1 | ||
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: | poorly lithified marl |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: Fissile marls. | |
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 1, Maadi Formation, Gebel Kibli el Ahram | ||
Database number: | 42054 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2004-07-22 22:59:31 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-22 22:59:31 |
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] |