UCMP V6788 (Eocene of Egypt)
Where: Egypt (29.3° N, 30.1° E: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 26.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Birket Qarun Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• early Priabonian
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; sandstone
• The Birket Qarun Formation exhibits an offshore barrier complex on the continental shelf.
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: W. Phillips. 1948. Recent discoveries in the Egyptian Fayum and Sinai. Science 107:666-670 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 79681: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.03.2008
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Mammalia | |
Basilosaurus isis Andrews 1904 whale |