Also known as Reef 2193
Where: Egypt (25.5° N, 30.1° E: paleocoordinates 13.0° N, 24.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: "Abu Tartur" Formation, Early/Lower Paleocene (66.0 - 61.7 Ma)
• Danian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified wackestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, peel or thin section,
Primary reference: F. Schuster. 1996. Paleocene coral reefs and related facies associations, Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. Global and Regional Controls on Biogenic Sedimentation. I. Reef Evolution. Göttinger Arbeiten zur Geologie und Paläontologie SB2:169-174 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34685: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 16.09.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Tubothalamea | |
Miliolidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839 | |
Florideophyceae | |
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816 | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Clypeina sp. Michelin 1845 | |
Acicularia sp. d'Archiac 1843 | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster | |
Deuteropoda | |
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin |