Where: Egypt (29.7° N, 30.8° E: paleocoordinates 25.0° N, 26.7° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Qasr el-Sagha Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• middle Priabonian
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal; claystone
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 79699: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Stromerius nidensis Gingerich 2007 whale |