Where: Egypt (26.3° N, 33.0° E: paleocoordinates 13.9° N, 27.4° E)

When: Dakhla Formation, Danian (65.5 - 61.7 Ma)

• biozone CF1 (P. hantkeninoides)

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Collection methods: size fraction >150 um

Primary reference: G. Keller. 2002. Guembelitria-dominated late Maastrichtian planktic foraminiferal assemblages mimic early Danian in central Egypt. Marine Micropaleontology 47:71-99 [C. Cervato/C. Cervato] more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 57316: authorized by Cinzia Cervato, entered by Cinzia Cervato on 13.12.2005