Where: Egypt (29.4° N, 26.8° E: paleocoordinates 24.9° N, 22.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Daba'a Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; glauconitic sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: I. S. Zalmout, M. S. Antar, E.-B. Hatab and P. D. Gingerich. 2011. Late Eocene vertebrate faunas from the Qattara Depression in the Western Desert of Egypt. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of Americ 43(5):264 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 123919: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.02.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 bony fish | |
Reptilia | |
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Crocodylia indet. crocodilian | |
Mammalia | |
Sirenia indet. Illiger 1811 sirenian | |
Basilosaurus cetoides Owen 1839 whale | |
Gnathostomata | |
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish |