Wadi Faregh: Early/Lower Miocene, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Eurhinodelphinidae
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Schizodelphis aff. sulcatus
(Gervais 1853)
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Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 30.3° North, 30.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 29.1° North, 28.6° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Moghara |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 79701 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-03-18 10:46:33 | Last modified: | 2010-07-14 19:41:16 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-03-18 10:46:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26785. | E. Stromer. 1907. Fossile Wirbeltier-Reste aus dem Uadi Faregh und Uadi Natrun in Agypten. Amhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main 29:97-132 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 33106 | P. D. Gingerich. 2010. Cetacea. In L. Werdelin & W. J. Sanders (ed.), Cenozoic Mammals of Africa 873-899 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |