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Maadi - Basal, Giza Governorate, Egypt
Formation | Maadi |
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Member | Basal |
Age: | 41.3 - 38.0 Ma Eocene |
Interval | Bartonian |
Lithology | limestone |
Number of Collections | 1 |
Number of Occurrences | 5 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Maadi | Giza Governorate, Egypt | Maadi - Basal |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Alectryonia clotbeyi species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Ostrea : Alectryonia clotbeyi | 41.3 - 38 Ma Eocene |
Ostrea fraasi species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Ostrea : Ostrea fraasi | 41.3 - 38 Ma Eocene |
Carolia placunoides species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Anomiidae : Carolia : Carolia placunoides | 41.3 - 38 Ma Eocene |
Plicatula polymorpha species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Plicatulidae : Plicatula : Plicatula polymorpha | 41.3 - 38 Ma Eocene |
Nummulites sp. genus | Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Nummulitidae : Nummulites | 41.3 - 38 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!