Article: Larger Foraminifera from the Lower Eocene of the Gebel Gurnah, Luxor, Egypt
Publication: Palaeontology
Volume:
18
Part:
1
Publication Date:
January
1975
Page(s):
161
–
178
Author(s):
Khaled A. Hamam
Abstract
Five species of Nummulites and four forms of Operculina are described and illustrated from the Lower Eocene Thebes Limestone Member of the Thebes Formation, Gebel Gurnah, Luxor, Egypt. Operculina aegypliaca, 0, jiwani gebelensis, and O. libyca thebensis are described as new.