Also known as Thebes Formation, Gebel Gurnah
Where: Egypt (25.7° N, 32.6° E: paleocoordinates 15.8° N, 27.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• The unit consists of a 290 m (951 ft) thick limestone section with many bands of flint concretions. The formation is Ypresian in age at the type locality.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithified, concretionary, cherty/siliceous limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: E. E. Tawadros. 2001. Geology of Egypt and Libya 1-468 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 41903: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Foraminifera | |
"Globigerina triloculinoides" = Subbotina triloculinoides
"Globigerina triloculinoides" = Subbotina triloculinoides Plummer 1926 | |
Hastigerina aspera, Hastigerina micra, Globorotalia planoconica, Globorotalia conicotruncata, Globorotalia thebaica, Globorotalia imitata
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Bivalvia | |
Gryphaea pharaonus oyster | |
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata Deshayes 1832 oyster | |
Lucina thebaica clam |