Also known as WH-81
Where: Egypt (29.3° N, 30.0° E: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 26.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Birket Qarun Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shoreface; poorly lithified sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: surface (float), mechanical,
Primary reference: P. D. Gingerich and M. D. Uhen. 1996. Ancalecetus simonsi, a new dorudontine archaeocete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the early late Eocene of Wadi Hitan, Egypt. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 29(13):359-401 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 28977: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.03.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Ancalecetus simonsi n. gen. n. sp.
Ancalecetus simonsi n. gen. n. sp. Gingerich and Uhen 1996 whale |