ammonites
Bab-el Jasmund, Libyan Desert (Paleocene of Egypt)

Also known as Reef 2627

Where: Egypt (25.7° N, 28.9° E: paleocoordinates 13.6° N, 23.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Danian (65.5 - 61.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified, white limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Wanner. 1902. Die Fauna der obersten weissen Kreide der libyschen Wüste [Uppermost White Cretaceous of the Libyan Desert]. Palaeontographica 30(2):91-152 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 86950: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 26.02.2009, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling