Where: Fayum, Egypt (29.3° N, 30.2° E: paleocoordinates 23.8° N, 25.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gehannam Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; yellow marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: E. S. M. Moneer, A. G. A. Hewaidy, H. M. Ayyad, A. Samir, M. S. Antar, A. F. El-Balkiemy, and Y. S. Bazeen. 2024. Taxonomy, paleoecology, and paleobiogeographical significance of the middle-late Eocene molluscs from the Garet Gehannem section in the Fayoum depression, Egypt. Journal of African Earth Sciences 214:105231 [W. Kiessling/A. Watson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 235098: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.06.2024

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