46.5 km from Ad-Dakhla: Priabonian, Western Sahara
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Basilosauridae
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cf. Dorudon sp.
Gibbes 1845
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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: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
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: | 159111 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-07-27 12:02:29 | Last modified: | 2014-07-27 12:02:51 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-07-27 12:02:29 |
| 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] |