Wadi Hitan ZV-80: Bartonian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Paratomistoma courti n. gen., n. sp.
Brochu and Gingerich 2000
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1 specimen | ||||||
| corrected as Paratomistoma courtii | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 29.3° North, 30.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 23.5° North, 25.4° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | hand sample |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Bartonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Bartonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 41.20000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Gehannam |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | argillaceous "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 124905 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-02-28 09:43:44 | Last modified: | 2012-02-27 16:43:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-02-28 09:43:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 40452. | C. A. Brochu and P. D. Gingerich. 2000. New tomistomine crocodylian from the middle Eocene (Bartonian) of Wadi Hitan, Fayum Province, Egypt. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology The University of Michgian 30(10):251-268 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |