Where: Egypt (29.5° N, 30.7° E: paleocoordinates 24.8° N, 26.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Birket Qarun Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• early Priabonian
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: W. Dames. 1894. Über Zeuglodonten aus Aegypten und die Beziehungen der Archaeoceten zu den Übrigen Cetaceen. Palaeontologische Abhandlungen 1(5):189-221 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 79676: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Dorudon atrox Andrews 1906 whale |