Where: Egypt (29.3° N, 30.0° E: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 26.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Birket Qarun Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; yellow sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: surface (float),
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 13102: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.01.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Dorudon atrox Andrews 1906 whale
Basilosaurus isis Andrews 1904 whale | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Moerigaleus vitreodon n. gen. n. sp.
Moerigaleus vitreodon n. gen. n. sp. Underwood and Ward 2011 ground shark |