Gebel Oweina
Egypt    25.45 N, 32.57 E
around the Paleocene - Eocene boundary / Paleogene
the images are contributed by Prof. Dr. Robert P. Speijer

Wadi Nukhl Map      
the images are published in:
Speijer, R.P., 1994. Extinction and recovery patterns in benthic foraminiferal paleocommunities across the Cretaceous/Paleogene and Paleocene/Eocene boundaries. Geologica Ultraiectina Vol. 124.
      Gebel Oweina Stratigraphy


sorted by genus, species            sorted by morphology
    

Dorothia
sp.
Spiroloculina
sp.
Loxostomoides
applinae

Stainforthia
sp.
Globocassidulina
subglobosa

Bulimina
callahani

Bulimina
farafraensis

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bulimina
midwayensis

Bulimina
quadrata

Turrilina
brevispira

Valvulineria
scrobiculata

Osangularia
plummerae

Cibicidoides
pharaonis

Cibicidoides
pseudoacutus

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Anomalinoides
praeacutus

Anomalinoides
sp.