Also known as WH-54

Where: Egypt (29.3° N, 30.0° E: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 26.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gehannam Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; gypsiferous, brown shale and fine-grained, white, yellow sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: P. D. Gingerich. 1992. Marine Mammals (Cetacean and Sirenia) from the Eocene of Gebel Mokattam and Fayum, Egypt: Stratigraphy, Age, and Paleoenvironments. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 30:1-84 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 47934: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.03.2005

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