Gebel Duwi, Egypt (Eocene to of Egypt)

Where: Quseir, Egypt (26.1° N, 34.1° E: paleocoordinates 17.6° N, 28.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Thebes Formation, Early/Lower Eocene to Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 37.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: gray carbonate and chert

Primary reference: A. Strougo and R. A. Abul-Nasr. 1981. On the age of the Thebes Formation of Gebel duwi, Quseir Area, Egypt. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie-Monatshefte 1981(1):49-53 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3299: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 29.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Mesalia oxycrepis
Mesalia oxycrepis turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Rostellaria pachundakii" = Tibia
"Rostellaria pachundakii" = Tibia true conch
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata Deshayes 1832 oyster
Ostrea multicostata multicostata
 Pectinida - Limidae
? Lima sp.
? Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam
originally entered as "Lima? sp."
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Saxolucina edita, Lucina sesostridis
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Cytherea connexa, Cytherea productula
Cytherea connexa venus clam
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Cycladicama chiesai
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Gari sp.
Gari sp. Schumacher 1817 clam
"(s.l.) sp." - originally entered as "Gari (s.l.) sp."
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
? Panopea sp.
? Panopea sp. Menard 1807 clam
originally entered as "Panopea? sp."
 Carditida - Carditidae
? Cossmannella paroxyta
? Cossmannella paroxyta clam
originally entered as "Cossmannella? paroxyta"