Middle Calcareous Division Gr
Period:
Paleogene, Cretaceous
Age Interval:
Cenomanian - Priabonian, Eg2
Province:
Egypt general
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Egypt general; Consists of Nubian Sandstone Fm, Dakhla Fm, Esna Fm, Thebes Fm, Minia Fm, Mokattam Fm, Maadi Fm
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Consists of Nubian Sandstone Fm, Dakhla Fm, Esna Fm, Thebes Fm, Minia Fm, Mokattam Fm, Maadi Fm
Lithology Pattern:
Limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Lower Clastic Division Gr (Risan Aneiza Fm)
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Gebel Ahmar Sands Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Cenomanian – Priabonian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
100.50
Ending stage:
Priabonian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
33.90
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Said, R. The Geology of Egypt, 1962 pg. 19-20, 138.