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Dir Abu Lifa, Egypt

Lat/Long (Decimal)	29.6353,30.7222
Co-ordinates Derivation	estimated from map
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Egypt

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Cairo- Assyut, Dir Abu Lifa Mmb, B13	El-Shazly S. H., Abdel-Gawad G. I., et al (2016)	Qasr El-Sagha - Dir Abu Lifa		"limestone"	37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene
Cairo- Assyut, Dir Abu Lifa Mmb, B15	El-Shazly S. H., Abdel-Gawad G. I., et al (2016)	Qasr El-Sagha - Dir Abu Lifa		"shale"	37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene
Cairo- Assyut, Dir Abu Lifa Mmb, B17	El-Shazly S. H., Abdel-Gawad G. I., et al (2016)	Qasr El-Sagha - Dir Abu Lifa		"limestone"	37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene
Cairo- Assyut, Dir Abu Lifa Mmb, B21	El-Shazly S. H., Abdel-Gawad G. I., et al (2016)	Qasr El-Sagha - Dir Abu Lifa		"limestone"	37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene
Cairo- Assyut, Dir Abu Lifa Mmb, B25	El-Shazly S. H., Abdel-Gawad G. I., et al (2016)	Qasr El-Sagha - Dir Abu Lifa		"limestone"	37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene
Cairo- Assyut, Dir Abu Lifa Mmb, B27	El-Shazly S. H., Abdel-Gawad G. I., et al (2016)	Qasr El-Sagha - Dir Abu Lifa		sandstone	37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene
Cairo- Assyut, Dir Abu Lifa Mmb, B31	El-Shazly S. H., Abdel-Gawad G. I., et al (2016)	Qasr El-Sagha - Dir Abu Lifa		sandstone	37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene
Dir Abu Lifa	Reinhart R. H. (1959)		skull is from bed 16 of Beadnell	not reported	37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Basilosaurus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Basilosauridae : *Basilosaurus*	37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene
Moeritherium sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Moeritheriidae : *Moeritherium*	37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene
Eosiren sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sirenia : Dugongidae : *Eosiren*	37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene
Eotheroides sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sirenia : Dugongidae : *Eotheroides*	37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene
Osteichthyes unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes	37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene
Crocodylia order	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia	37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene
Astrhelia sp. genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Oculinidae : *Astrhelia*	37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene
Echinolampas sp. genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Echinolampadoida : Echinolampadidae : *Echinolampas*	37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene
Exogyra sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : *Exogyra*	37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene
Ostrea sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : *Ostrea*	37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene
Carolia (Carolia) sp. subgenus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Anomiidae : Carolia : *Carolia (Carolia)*	37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene
Carolia placunoides species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Anomiidae : Carolia : *Carolia placunoides*	37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene
Gastropoda class	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda	37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene
Turritella sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Turritellidae : *Turritella*	37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene

References

Reinhart R. H. (1959) A review of the Sirenia and Desmostylia, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 36 1, 1-146

Gingerich P. D. (1992) Marine Mammals (Cetacean and Sirenia) from the Eocene of Gebel Mokattam and Fayum, Egypt: Stratigraphy, Age, and Paleoenvironments, University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 30, 1-84

El-Shazly S. H., Abdel-Gawad G. I., et al (2016) Paleontology, paleobiogeography and paleoecology of Carolia-bearing beds from the Late Eocene rocks at Nile-Fayum Divide, Egypt, Journal of African Earth Sciences 124, 447-477

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!

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