Gebel Duwi, Egypt: Middle Eocene, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Clypeasteroida
- Laganidae
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Sismondia logotheti
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Sismondia sp.
Desor 1858
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Myidae
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Tugonia lorioli
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Tugonia zitteli
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Nemocardium sp.
Meek 1876
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aff. Nemocardium mokattamensis
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Crepispisula fourtaui
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama latecostata
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Cytherea productula
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Cubitostrea plicata
(Solander 1766)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia libyca
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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cf. Solarium subpatulum
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Cassis nilotica
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Mesalia locardi
Cossmann 1901
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Callianassidae
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Callianassa nilotica
Fraas 1867
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Geography
| Country: | Egypt | State/province: | Quseir |
| Coordinates: | 26.1° North, 34.1° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.1° North, 28.9° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2-3 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Middle Eocene |
| Key time interval: | Middle Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.8 - 37.71 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Thebes | ||
| Local section: | Gebel Duwi | Local bed: | c |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray "carbonate" |
| Secondary lithology: | chert |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 3300 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | K. Layou |
| Modifier: | C. Visaggi | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-07-29 08:52:14 | Last modified: | 2004-03-11 16:25:05 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 181. | 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] |