Schweinfurth XXIII (Eocene of Egypt)
Where: Egypt (30.0° N, 31.3° E: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 26.6° E)
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When: Giushi Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: coastal; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: G. A. Schweinfurth. 1883. Ueber die geologische Schichtengilederung des Mokattam bei Cairo. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 35:709-737 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 96949: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.07.2010
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