Callis (Eocene of Somalia)

Also known as Kalis

Where: Somalia (8.3° N, 48.9° E: paleocoordinates 1.6° N, 41.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Carcar Group, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

• Carcar Series

Environment/lithology: marine

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: D. P. Domning, G. S. Morgan, and C. E. Ray. 1982. North American Eocene sea cows (Mammalia: Sirenia). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 52:1-69 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49939: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.05.2005

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Sirenia - Sirenia