Where: Fayum, Egypt (29.3° N, 30.1° E: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 26.5° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Gehannam Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• Age after Underwood et al. 2011, PaleoDB ref 43835.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; shale and marl
Size class: macrofossils
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: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 13402: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.03.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Basilosaurus isis Andrews 1904 whale
Dorudon atrox Andrews 1906 whale |