Egypt 10 (Fayium) (Eocene of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (29.3° N, 30.8° E: paleocoordinates 23.5° N, 26.2° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: carbonate

Primary reference: H. L. Abbass. 1967. A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods. United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph (4)1-154 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2960: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 23.07.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Ptenoglossa - Vasidae
Tudicla barakati Abbass 1967 snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea ramsisi Abbass 1967 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Colina coxi Abbass 1967 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Mesalia shatai Abbass 1967 turret shell
Mesalia bassiounii Abbass 1967 turret shell
Peyrotia ansarii Abbass 1967 turret shell
"Turritella pharaonica" = Turritella (Torquesia) pharaonica Cossmann 1901 turret shell
"Turritella carinifera" = Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera Deshayes 1824 turret shell
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Globularia farouqi Abbass 1967 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Ectinochilus misrensis Abbass 1967 true conch
Rimella mediterranica Abbass 1967 true conch
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Clavilithes nilotica Abbass 1967 snail
Buccinofusus ageri Abbass 1967 snail
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Surcula ingens Mayer-Eymar 1895 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turris cleopatrae Abbass 1967 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum nefertitae Abbass 1967 margin shell
Hyalina arabica Abbass 1967 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Athleta fayiumensis Abbass 1967 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Cassis anwari Abbass 1967 snail
Cassidaria cheops Abbass 1967 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Bernaya quarunensis Abbass 1967 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Pediculariidae
Cypraedia reedi Abbass 1967 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Cepatia shazlii Abbass 1967 moon snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica saghaensis Abbass 1967 sundial
 Opisthobranchia - Haminoeidae
Haminoea barakai snail
originally entered as "Haminaea barakai"