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Gar El-Hamra , Egypt
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 28.5,29.6667 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | stated in text |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Egypt |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Gar El-Hamra (Hamra Formation), Egypt -Tawadros (2001) | Tawadros E. E. (2001) | Hamra | Consists of limestones with marl intercalations. It overlies the Qazzun Formation and unconformably underlies the Radwan Formation (Oligocene). It was assigned an upper Lutetian-Bartonian age, although there is evidently no proof for this Bartonian age. | "limestone" | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Cubitostrea multicostata species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Cubitostrea : Cubitostrea multicostata | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene |
Kapalmerella ranikoti species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Turritellidae : Kapalmerella : Turritella ranikoti | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene |
Nummulites sp. genus | Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Nummulitidae : Nummulites | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene |
References
Tawadros E. E. (2001) , Geology of Egypt and Libya, 1-468 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!