Gebel Mokattam, lower (Eocene of Egypt)

Also known as Schweinfurth XII, Jabal Mokattam

Where: Egypt (30.4° N, 31.3° E: paleocoordinates 22.8° N, 26.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Lower Building Stone Member (Mokattam Formation), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• early Lutetian

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: quarrying

Primary reference: E. Fraas. 1904. Neue Zeuglodonten aus dem Unteren Mitteleocän vom Mokattam bei Cairo. Geologische und Palaeontologische Abhandlungen 6(3):199-220 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/T. Liebrecht]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 58456: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.02.2006

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Protocetidae
Protocetus atavus n. gen. n. sp.
Protocetus atavus n. gen. n. sp. Fraas 1904 whale
 Sirenia - Protosirenidae
Protosiren fraasi n. sp.1 Abel 1904 sirenian
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
"Eotheroides aegyptiacum" = Eotheroides aegyptiacum3, "Manatus coulombi n. sp." = Eotheroides aegyptiacum2, Eosiren abeli n. sp.4
"Eotheroides aegyptiacum" = Eotheroides aegyptiacum3 Owen 1875 dugong
"Manatus coulombi n. sp." = Eotheroides aegyptiacum2 Owen 1875 dugong
Eosiren abeli n. sp.4 Sickenberg 1934 dugong