DPC L-67 (Eocene of Egypt)

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

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Moeritheriidae
Moeritherium lyonsi Andrews 1901 proboscidean