Mokattam Formation
58 distinct taxa, from 95 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 48–38 Mya.
Cairo · EG
58 taxa · 95 fossils · 48–38 MyaMembers recorded: Giushi, "Basal", upper, "Upper", Lower Building Stone, Lower, Uper Building Stone.
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8 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
When
What has been found
- Nummulites
- Schizaster
- Echinolampas
- Ostrea
- Brissopsis
- Nautilidae
- Vulsella
- Basilosaurus
- Cimomia mokattamensis
- Eotheroides aegyptiacum
- Lobocarcinus
- Actinacis
- Alectryonia clotbeyi
- Angulithes aegyptiacus
- Bryozoa
- Campanile giganteum
- Cardita
- Cardium
- Carolia
- Carolia placunoides
- Cassis
- Corbula
- Dictyoconos
- Echinoidea
- Eosiren abeli
- Eovasum
- Flustra
- Gryphaea
- Isurus
- Lucina
- Membranipora
- Mesalia
- Mylomyrus frangens
- Natica
- Nummulites biarritzensis
- Operculina
- Ostrea fraasi
- Pecten
- Pectinidae
- Percoidei
The 40 most often recorded, of 58.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.