Quarry O, southeast of (Oligocene of Egypt)

Also known as DUQ-O

Where: Fayum, Egypt (29.6° N, 30.7° E: paleocoordinates 26.3° N, 27.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Jebel Qatrani Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• Upper Fossil Wood Zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

• no information on lithology

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. P. Domning, P. D. Gingerich, E. L. Simons and F. A. Ankel-Simons. 1994. A new early Oligocene Dugongid (Mammalia, Sirenia) from Fayum Province, Egypt. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 29(4):89-108 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13101: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.01.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Eosiren imenti n. sp.
Eosiren imenti n. sp. Domning et al. 1994 dugong