Where: Fayum, Egypt (29.5° N, 30.5° E: paleocoordinates 24.8° N, 26.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Birket Qarun Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: P. A. Holroyd, E. L. Simons, T. M. Bown, P. D. Polly, and M. J. Kraus. 1996. New records of terrestrial mammals from the upper Eocene Qasr el Sagha Formation, Fayum Depression, Egypt. Palaeovertebrata 25(2-4):175-192 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 181557: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 15.09.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Moeritherium lyonsi Andrews 1901 proboscidean |