Dimeh SW (Eocene of Egypt)
Where: Egypt (29.5° N, 30.6° E: paleocoordinates 24.8° N, 26.6° 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: sand shoal; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: H. J. L. Beadnell. 1905. The topography and geology of the Fayum Province of Egypt. Survey Department of Egypt, Cairo 1-101 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 79678: 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 |