Where: Egypt (29.6° N, 30.6° E: paleocoordinates 24.9° N, 26.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Temple Member (Qasr el-Sagha Formation), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• middle Priabonian
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal; shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: E. Stromer. 1902. Bericht über eine von den Privatdozenten Dr. Max Blanckenhorn und Dr. Ernst Stromer von Reichenbach ausgeführte Reise nach Aegypten: Einleitung und Ein Schädel und Unterkiefer von Zeuglodon osiris Dames. Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-physikalischen Classe der königlich bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München 32:341-352 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/T. Liebrecht]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 49919: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.05.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Kerunia sp.1 Mayer-Eymar 1899 | |
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Saghacetus osiris Dames 1894 whale | |
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Eosiren libyca2 Andrews 1902 dugong It is not clear precisely where E. lybica was found. The description is "north of Birke Quarun" and Gebel Hameir is centrally located north of the lake. [entered as Eosiren lybica]
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