Egypt-various sites (Eocene of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (28.5° N, 34.0° E: paleocoordinates 20.9° N, 28.8° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Primary reference: A. Strougo. 1985. Additions to the Eocene Bivalvia of Egypt. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie-Abhandlungen 170(3):359-384 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3292: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 29.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Musculus sp.
Musculus sp. Roding 1798 mussel
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus lobatus n. sp.
Modiolus lobatus n. sp. mussel
originally entered as "Modiolus lobatus n. sp."
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula freneixae n. sp.
Plicatula freneixae n. sp. scallop
originally entered as "Plicatula freneixae n. sp."
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella sp.
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799 clam
"sp. B" - originally entered as "Crassatella sp. B"
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cossmannella sheikhfadli n. sp., Glyptoactis corpulenta n. sp.
Cossmannella sheikhfadli n. sp. clam
originally entered as "Cossmannella sheikhfadli n. sp."
Glyptoactis corpulenta n. sp. clam
originally entered as "Glyptoactis corpulenta n. sp."
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Arcopagia sp.
Arcopagia sp. Leach 1827 tellin clam
 Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria aegyptiaca