Qasr el Sagha (Eocene to of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (29.3° N, 30.8° E: paleocoordinates 23.2° N, 26.1° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Qasr el-Sagha Formation, Middle Eocene to Middle Eocene (48.6 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Roman and A. Strougo. 1987. Fayoumaster Pharaonum n. gen., n. sp. (Asteroidea, Goniasteridae) et son cadre stratigraphique et paléoécologique. Annales de Paléontologie 73(1):29-50 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3290: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 29.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella lessepsi turret shell
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea bogharensis" = Ostrea (Turkostrea) bogharensis
"Ostrea bogharensis" = Ostrea (Turkostrea) bogharensis Coquand 1976 oyster
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Notocorbula lyonsi" = Corbula (Notocorbula)
"Notocorbula lyonsi" = Corbula (Notocorbula) clam
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Asteroidea
 Valvatida - Goniasteridae
? Fayoumaster desmoulinsi d'Archiac 1850 sea star
originally entered as "Fayoumaster? desmoulinsi"
Fayoumaster pharaonum Roman and Strougo 1987 sea star