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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Mammalia | |
Archaeoceti indet. Flower 1883 mammal |