Qara Oasis, near (Eocene of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (29.4° N, 26.8° E: paleocoordinates 24.9° N, 22.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Daba'a Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; glauconitic sandstone

• glauconite and glauconitic sand

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. S. Zalmout, M. S. Antar, E.-B. Hatab and P. D. Gingerich. 2011. Late Eocene vertebrate faunas from the Qattara Depression in the Western Desert of Egypt. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of Americ 43(5):264 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 123919: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.02.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Osteichthyes -
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 bony fish
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Basilosaurus cetoides Owen 1839 whale
 Sirenia -
Sirenia indet. Illiger 1811 sirenian
Reptilia
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
 Loricata -
Crocodylia indet. crocodilian
Gnathostomata
  -
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish