Also known as Wadi Moghara

Where: Egypt (30.4° N, 28.8° E: paleocoordinates 29.2° N, 27.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Moghara Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. S. Gaffney, P. A. Meylan, R. C. Wood, E. Simons, and D. De Almeida Campos. 2011. Evolution of the side-necked turtles: the family Podocnemididae. American Museum Novitates 350:1-237 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179918: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 03.07.2016

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