Where: Fayum, Egypt (29.3° N, 30.1° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 19.0° N, 31.6° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

When: lower Member (Briket Qarun Formation), Priabonian (37.7 - 33.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gypsiferous, green shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Cairo Geological Museum (CGM)

Primary reference: I. S. Zalmout and P. D. Gingerich. 2012. Late Eocene sea cows (Mammalia, Sirenia) from Wadi al Hitan in the western desert of Fayum, Egypt. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 37:1-158 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 140089: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.03.2013

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