Qasr Qarun, north (Eocene of Egypt)
Where: Egypt (29.5° N, 30.4° E: paleocoordinates 24.9° N, 26.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Birket Qarun Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• 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: R. Kellogg. 1936. A Review of the Archaeoceti. Carnegie Institution of Washington 482:1-366 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 79680: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.03.2008
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