WH-219 (Eocene of Egypt)

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

• green, gypseous 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

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Eotheroides clavigerum n. sp. Zalmout and Gingerich 2012 dugong