Abstract

The sedimentary history and facies development of southern Egypt during the Latest Cretaceous and Early Paleogene is summarized. The G . eugubina Zone is reported for the first time from middle Egypt, where the conglomerate usually marking a disconformity at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary, is absent. The Uppermost Maastrichtian strata are attributed to the M . prinsii Zone, the Late Maastrichtian index foraminifer Abathomphalus mayaroensis (Bolli) was not recovered in the investigated samples.

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