Egypt 3 (Tineida) (Paleocene of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (25.5° N, 29.3° E: paleocoordinates 13.8° N, 23.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shale and carbonate

Primary reference: H. L. Abbass. 1967. A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods. United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph (4)1-154 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2953: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 23.07.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla abdoi Awad and Abed 1967 olive snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Pediculariidae
Cypraedia ismaili Abbass 1967 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Mesalia zitteli Awad and Abed 1967 turret shell
Mesalia ferialae Abbass 1967 turret shell
Mesalia gigantia Awad and Abed 1967 turret shell
Mesalia paleocenica Awad and Abed 1967 turret shell
Turritella nazikae Awad and Abed 1967 turret shell
Turritella tarturensis Awad and Abed 1967 turret shell
Turritella akkadi Awad and Abed 1967 turret shell
Turritella abbassi Awad and Abed 1967 turret shell
Turritella saharica Awad and Abed 1967 turret shell