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)
• type section of formation is "about 230 m" (Morlo et al. 2007)
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; medium-grained, ferruginous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: M. Morlo, E. R. Miller, and A. N. El-Barkooky. 2007. Creodonta and Carnivora from Wadi Moghra, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(1):145-159 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 70649: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 01.04.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Ketketictis solida n. gen. n. sp.
Ketketictis solida n. gen. n. sp. Morlo et al. 2007 civet |