Wadi Qena, 6: Danian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Globocunusa daubjergensis
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23 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Globoconusa | ||||||||||
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informal Foraminifera indet.
Eichwald 1830
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| juveniles no ID | ||||||||||
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Globigerinidae
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Parvularugoglobigerina extensa
(Blow 1979)
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39 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Eoglobigerina extensa | ||||||||||
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Subbotina triloculinoises
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Eoglobigerinidae
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Parvularugoglobigerina alabamensis
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Parvularugoglobigerina eugubina
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Parvularugoglobigerina longiapertura
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Globotruncanidae
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Rugoglobigerina rugosa
(Plummer 1927)
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Heterohelicidae
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Woodringina hornerstownensis
Olsson 1960
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Woodringina claytonensis
Loeblich and Tappan 1957
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Guembelitria danica
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Guembelitria irregularis
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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Guembelitria cretacea
Cushman 1933
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Heterohelix dentata
Stenestad 1968
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Heterohelix globulosa
(Ehrenberg 1840)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Heterohelix navarroensis
Loeblich 1951
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Hedbergellidae
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Globanomalina compressa
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Hedbergella monmouthensis
(Olsson 1960)
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Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 26.3° North, 33.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 13.7° North, 27.4° East |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Danian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Dakhla | ||||
| Local section: | Gebel Qreiya | Local bed: | 10 m | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: biozone Pla(2) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: size fraction >63 um | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 57449 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Cervato | Enterer: | C. Cervato | Research group: | micropaleontology |
| Created: | 2005-12-13 17:44:36 | Last modified: | 2005-12-13 19:44:36 |
| Access level: | the public | ||
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 15478. | 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] |