Also known as Geziret el Qarn

Where: Fayum, Egypt (29.5° N, 30.6° E: paleocoordinates 24.8° N, 26.6° E)

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

Environment/lithology: paralic; gypsiferous claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: W. B. Dames. 1883. Über eine tertiäre Wirbelthierfauna von der westlichen Insel des Birket-el-Qurun im Fajum (Aegypten). Sitzungsberichte der Königlich-preussichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin 6:129-153 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 74739: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.08.2007

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