West end of Birket Qarun (Eocene of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (29.5° N, 30.4° E: paleocoordinates 24.8° N, 26.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Birket Qarun Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• early Priabonian

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone

• marls, shales, sandstones, and limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: C. W. Andrews. 1904. Further notes on the mammals of the Eocene of Egypt. Part III. Geological Magazine, London Ser. 5 1:211-215 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 65974: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Basilosauridae
"Zeuglodon isis n. sp." = Basilosaurus isis
"Zeuglodon isis n. sp." = Basilosaurus isis Andrews 1904 whale