Dakhla Egypt Gulf Of Suez Fm
    Period: 
    
  
  
      Cretaceous    
    
    Age Interval: 
    
          
    
  
  
    Province: 
    
  
  
      Egypt    
    Type Locality and Naming
      Column: Egypt   Gulf Of Suez    
    Lithology and Thickness
      Dakhla Fm  LITHOLOGY= Limestone (shown on the chart, however, it's not described in the article by Schütz); upper part of the Sudr Fm according to Lindquist.  CALIBRATION = 90 % up in the Maastrichtian; unconformity at base..  REFERENCE =     
    
    Lithology Pattern: 
    
   
  
  
      Limestone    
    Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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    Fossils
Age
     Age Span: 
    
          
    
  
  
        Beginning stage: 
    
  
  
      Maastrichtian    
    
        Fraction up in beginning stage: 
    
  
  
      0.95    
    
        Beginning date (Ma): 
    
  
  
      66.35    
    
        Ending stage: 
    
  
  
      Selandian    
    
        Fraction up in the ending stage: 
    
  
  
      0.6    
    
        Ending date (Ma):  
    
  
  
      60.21    
    Depositional setting
    Depositional pattern:  
    
          
    
   
  Additional Information
      long: 34 lat: 28    
    
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