Wadi Hitan ZV-111 (Eocene of Egypt)
Where: Egypt (29.3° N, 30.0° E: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 26.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Birket Qarun Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shoreface; sandstone
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 125021: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.03.2012
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Mammalia | |
Dorudon atrox Andrews 1906 whale |