Garet el Naqb (Eocene of Egypt)
Where: Egypt (29.5° N, 30.4° E: paleocoordinates 24.8° N, 26.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Birket Qarun Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• early Priabonian
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; sandstone
• The Birket Qarun Formation exhibits an offshore barrier complex on the continental shelf.
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: C. W. Andrews. 1904. Further notes on the mammals of the Eocene of Egypt. Part III. Geological Magazine, London Ser. 5 1:211-215 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 79677: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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Basilosaurus isis Andrews 1904 whale | |