Gebel Hameier W (Eocene of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (29.6° N, 30.6° E: paleocoordinates 24.9° N, 26.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Temple Member (Qasr el-Sagha Formation), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• middle Priabonian

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: E. Stromer. 1903. Zeuglodon-Reste aus dem Oberen Mitteleocän des Fajum. Beiträge Paläontologie und Geologie Österreich-Ungarns und des Orients 15:65-100 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 79698: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.03.2008

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Basilosauridae
"Zeuglodon zitteli n. sp." = Saghacetus osiris
"Zeuglodon zitteli n. sp." = Saghacetus osiris Dames 1894 whale