46.5 km from Ad-Dakhla (Eocene of Western Sahara)

Where: Western Sahara (23.3° N, 16.1° W: paleocoordinates 21.4° N, 19.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Guerran Member (Samlat Formation), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• late Eocene

Environment/lithology: marine; conglomeratic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Zouhri, P. D. Gingerich, N. Elboudali, S. Sebti, A. Noubhani, M. Rahali, and S. Meslouh. 2014. New marine mammal faunas (Cetacea and Sirenia) and sea level change in the Samlat Formation, Upper Eocene, near Ad-Dakhla in southwestern Morocco. Comptes Rendus Palevol 13(7):599-610 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 159111: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.07.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Basilosauridae
cf. Dorudon sp. Gibbes 1845 whale