WH-144 (Eocene of Egypt)
Where: Egypt (29.3° N, 30.1° E: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 26.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Birket Qarun Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
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 140117: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.03.2013
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Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Protosiren smithae Domning and Gingerich 1994 sirenian |