Egypt 10 (Fayium) (Eocene of Egypt)
Where: Egypt (29.3° N, 30.8° E: paleocoordinates 23.5° N, 26.2° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: 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 2960: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 23.07.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
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Architectonica saghaensis Abbass 1967 sundial | |
Calyptraea ramsisi Abbass 1967 slipper shell | |
Globularia farouqi Abbass 1967 snail | |
Rimella mediterranica Abbass 1967 true conch
Ectinochilus misrensis Abbass 1967 true conch | |
Hyalina arabica Abbass 1967 margin shell
Prunum nefertitae Abbass 1967 margin shell | |
Athleta fayiumensis Abbass 1967 volute | |
Surcula ingens Mayer-Eymar 1895 snail | |
Turris cleopatrae Abbass 1967 turrid | |
Heligmotoma shinawii snail | |
Buccinofusus ageri Abbass 1967 snail
Clavilithes nilotica Abbass 1967 snail | |
Cassidaria cheops Abbass 1967 snail
Cassis anwari Abbass 1967 snail | |
Bernaya quarunensis Abbass 1967 cowry | |
Cypraedia reedi Abbass 1967 snail | |
Cepatia shazlii Abbass 1967 moon snail | |
Mesalia shatai, Mesalia bassiounii, Peyrotia ansarii, "Turritella pharaonica" = Turritella (Torquesia) pharaonica, "Turritella carinifera" = Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera
Mesalia shatai Abbass 1967 turret shell
Mesalia bassiounii Abbass 1967 turret shell
Peyrotia ansarii Abbass 1967 turret shell
"Turritella pharaonica" = Turritella (Torquesia) pharaonica Cossmann 1901 turret shell
"Turritella carinifera" = Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera Deshayes 1824 turret shell | |
Colina coxi Abbass 1967 cerith snail | |
Tudicla barakati Abbass 1967 snail |