Wadi el-Sheikh (Eocene of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (28.6° N, 30.8° E: paleocoordinates 22.8° N, 26.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mokattam Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: quarrying

Primary reference: M. Blanckenhorn. 1900. Neus zur Geologie und Paleontologie Aegyptens. II. Das Palaeogne. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 52:403-479 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 79673: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.03.2008

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Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Mammalia
 Archaeoceti -
Archaeoceti indet. Flower 1883 mammal