Schweinfurth locality IV, Gebel Mokattam (Eocene of Egypt)
Where: Egypt (30.0° N, 31.3° E: paleocoordinates 24.2° N, 26.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Giushi Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; limestone
• open shallow subtidal
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: quarrying
Primary reference: E. Fraas. 1904. Neue Zeuglodonten aus dem Unteren Mitteleocän vom Mokattam bei Cairo. Geologische und Palaeontologische Abhandlungen 6(3):199-220 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/T. Liebrecht]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45626: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.11.2004
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Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea | |
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"Mesocetus schweinfurthi n. gen. n. sp." = Eocetus schweinfurthi
"Mesocetus schweinfurthi n. gen. n. sp." = Eocetus schweinfurthi Fraas 1904 whale | |
"Basilotritus sp." = Pachycetus2
"Basilotritus sp." = Pachycetus2 Van Beneden 1883 whale these are the lumbar vertebrae described by Fraas (1904) and Stromer (1908)
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