Where: Yemen (14.5° N, 48.4° E: paleocoordinates 4.3° N, 38.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Kaninah Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; siltstone and sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: permineralized, original phosphate, replaced with silica

Primary reference: M. L. As-Saruri, P. J. Whybrow, and M. E. Collinson. 1999. Geology, fruits, seeds, and vertebrates (?Sirenia) from the Kaninah Formation (Middle Eocene), Republic of Yemen. Fossil Vertebrates of Arabia 443-453 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 47928: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.03.2005, edited by Philip Mannion

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