Where: Egypt (29.3° N, 30.1° E: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 26.0° 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: G. E. Pilleri. 1991. Betrachtugen über das gehirn der Archeoceti (Mammalia, Cetacea) aus dem Fayum Ägyptens. Investigations on Cetacea 23:193-211 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 79682: 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 |