Where: Fayum, Egypt (29.5° N, 30.5° E: paleocoordinates 24.8° N, 26.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• Age based on Underwood et al., 2011
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; gypsiferous, gray claystone
Size class: macrofossils
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 153755: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.01.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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