Wadi Rayan 008 (Eocene of Egypt)

Also known as WR008

Where: Egypt (29.1° N, 30.1° E: paleocoordinates 23.3° N, 25.5° E)

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When: Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. D. Gingerich, A. Amane, and S. Zouhri. 2022. Skull and partial skeleton of a new pachycetine genus (Cetacea, Basilosauridae) from the Aridal Formation, Bartonian middle Eocene, of southwestern Morocco. PLoS One 17(10):e0276110 [M. Uhen/E. Medeiros/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 227707: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.10.2022

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Antaecetus sp. Gingerich et al. 2022 whale
University of Michigan uncataloged specimen