Klein Rajan (Eocene of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (29.1° N, 30.5° E: paleocoordinates 22.4° N, 25.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Midawara Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• late Lutetian

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: E. Stromer. 1908. Die Archaeoceti des Agyptischen Eozans. Beitrage zur Paleotologie un Geologie Osterreich-Ungarns un des Orients 21:108-177 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 79672: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.03.2008

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Protocetidae
? Protocetidae indet. Stromer 1908 whale