DAK 9: Priabonian, Western Sahara
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Basilosauridae
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Basilosaurus isis
(Andrews 1904)
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Dorudon atrox
(Andrews 1906)
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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: | 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: | 159112 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2014-07-27 12:03:51 | Last modified: | 2014-07-27 12:03:51 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-07-27 12:03:51 |
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] |