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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Zeuglodon zitteli n. sp." = Saghacetus osiris
"Zeuglodon zitteli n. sp." = Saghacetus osiris Dames 1894 whale |