Birket-el-Qurun beds (Eocene of Egypt)

Also known as Wadi Hitan, Zeuglodon Valley

Where: Fayum, Egypt (29.3° N, 30.2° E: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 26.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Birket Qarun Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• possibly from the Gehannam Formation (Gingerich, 1992)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone

• barrier bar

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: C. W. Andrews. 1906. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Tertiary Vertebrata of Fayum, Egypt 1-324 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 83938: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.09.2008, edited by Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Basilosaurus isis3, "Prozeuglodon atrox n. gen. n. sp." = Dorudon atrox, "Zeuglodon intermedius n. sp." = Dorudon atrox2
Basilosaurus isis3 Andrews 1904 whale
"Prozeuglodon atrox n. gen. n. sp." = Dorudon atrox Andrews 1906 whale
"Zeuglodon intermedius n. sp." = Dorudon atrox2 Andrews 1906 whale
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Tomistoma kerunense n. sp.1 Andrews 1905 false gharial
CGM 9350 - type (skull)