Where: Egypt (29.3° N, 30.0° E: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 26.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Gehannam Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• Age after Underwood et al. 2011, PaleoDB ref 43835.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; shale
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. D. Uhen. 2004. Form, Function, and Anatomy of Dorudon atrox (Mammalia, Cetacea): An Archaeocete from the Middle to Late Eocene of Egypt. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 34:1-222 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 125001: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.03.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Dorudon atrox Andrews 1906 whale |