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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
? Protocetidae indet. Stromer 1908 whale |