Where: Fayum, Egypt (29.6° N, 30.6° E: paleocoordinates 24.9° N, 26.5° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Temple Member (Qasr el-Sagha Formation), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: E. Stromer. 1903. Zeuglodon-Reste aus dem Oberen Mitteleocän des Fajum. Beiträge Paläontologie und Geologie Österreich-Ungarns und des Orients 15:65-100 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 74740: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.08.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Saghacetus osiris1, Stromerius nidensis n. gen. n. sp.2, "Prozeuglodon stromeri n. sp." = Dorudon atrox1
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