WR05-01 (Eocene of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (29.2° N, 30.5° E: paleocoordinates 23.4° N, 25.8° E)

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When: Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. S. Zalmout and P. D. Gingerich. 2012. Late Eocene sea cows (Mammalia, Sirenia) from Wadi al Hitan in the western desert of Fayum, Egypt. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 37:1-158 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 140096: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.03.2013

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Sirenia - Protosirenidae
Protosiren sp. Abel 1904 sirenian