DAK 45: Priabonian, Western Sahara

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Basilosaurus isis (Andrews 1904)
see common names

Geography
Country:Western Sahara
Coordinates: 23.3° North, 16.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:21.4° North, 19.2° West
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:Samlat Member:Guerran
Stratigraphy comments: late Eocene
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: conglomeratic sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine 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:159110
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2014-07-27 12:00:36 Last modified:2014-07-27 12:00:36
Access level:the public Released:2014-07-27 12:00:36
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

52063. S. Zouhri, P. D. Gingerich, N. Elboudali, S. Sebti, A. Noubhani, M. Rahali, and S. Meslouh. 2014. New marine mammal faunas (Cetacea and Sirenia) and sea level change in the Samlat Formation, Upper Eocene, near Ad-Dakhla in southwestern Morocco. Comptes Rendus Palevol 13(7):599-610 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Wagner]