Where: Egypt (29.6° N, 30.7° E: paleocoordinates 24.9° N, 26.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Dir Abu Lifa Member (Qasr El-Sagha Formation), Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: offshore; sandy shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: S. H. El-Shazly, G. I. Abdel-Gawad, Y. F. Salama and D. M. Sayed. 2016. Paleontology, paleobiogeography and paleoecology of Carolia-bearing beds from the Late Eocene rocks at Nile-Fayum Divide, Egypt. Journal of African Earth Sciences 124:447-477 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 184748: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 21.03.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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