UCMP V6788 (Eocene of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (29.3° N, 30.1° E: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 26.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-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: W. Phillips. 1948. Recent discoveries in the Egyptian Fayum and Sinai. Science 107:666-670 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 79681: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.03.2008

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Basilosaurus isis Andrews 1904 whale