Mainland opposite Geziret el-Qarn: Priabonian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Archaeosiren stromeri n. gen., n. sp.
Abel 1913
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Abel 1913 | |||||||||
| recombined as Eosiren stromeri | ||||||||||
| This taxon was collected "west of Dimeh", and this locality is approximately in the same place. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Basilosauridae
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Zeuglodon isis
Andrews 1904
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| recombined as Basilosaurus isis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Carolia sp.
Cantraine 1838
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula sp.
Lamarck 1801
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Hydrozoa
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Kerunia sp.
Mayer-Eymar 1899
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Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 29.5° North, 30.6° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 24.8° North, 26.6° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Priabonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Qasr el-Sagha |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | lagoonal |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | west of Dimeh | ||
| Database number: | 49924 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-05-02 06:33:07 | Last modified: | 2006-09-26 14:38:29 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-05-02 06:33:07 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6026. | 5% 17360 | P. D. Gingerich. 1992. Marine Mammals (Cetacean and Sirenia) from the Eocene of Gebel Mokattam and Fayum, Egypt: Stratigraphy, Age, and Paleoenvironments. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 30:1-84 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 36308 | O. Abel. 1913. Die eocanen Sirenen der Mittelmeerregion. Erster Tiel: Der Schadel von Eotherium aegyptiacum. Palaeontographica 59:289-360 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |