Wadi Hitan ZV-98 (Eocene of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (29.3° N, 30.0° E: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 26.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Birket Qarun Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shoreface; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. D. Uhen. 2004. Form, Function, and Anatomy of Dorudon atrox (Mammalia, Cetacea): An Archaeocete from the Middle to Late Eocene of Egypt. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 34:1-222 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 125006: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.03.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Dorudon atrox Andrews 1906 whale