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
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 | |
Basilosaurus isis3, "Prozeuglodon atrox n. gen. n. sp." = Dorudon atrox, "Zeuglodon intermedius n. sp." = Dorudon atrox2
"Prozeuglodon atrox n. gen. n. sp." = Dorudon atrox Andrews 1906 whale | |
| Reptilia | |
Tomistoma kerunense n. sp.1
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