Qara Oasis, near: Priabonian, Egypt

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
unclassified
Osteichthyes indet. (Huxley 1880)
Mammalia - Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Basilosaurus cetoides (Owen 1839)
Mammalia - Sirenia
Sirenia indet. (Illiger 1811)
Reptilia - Testudines
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
synonym of Testudines
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
see common names

Geography
Country:Egypt
Coordinates: 29.4° North, 26.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.9° North, 22.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Priabonian
Age range of interval:38.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Daba'a
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: glauconite and glauconitic sand
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:123919
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-02-02 08:14:15 Last modified:2014-11-24 08:52:51
Access level:the public Released:2012-02-02 08:14:15
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

39903. I. S. Zalmout, M. S. Antar, E.-B. Hatab and P. D. Gingerich. 2011. Late Eocene vertebrate faunas from the Qattara Depression in the Western Desert of Egypt. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of Americ 43(5):264 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]