Dir Abu Lifa: Late/Upper Eocene, Egypt

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Hydrozoa
Kerunia sp. Mayer-Eymar 1899
Gingerich 1992
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Astrohelia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857
Gingerich 1992
synonym of Astrhelia
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
Gingerich 1992
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Carolia placunoides Cantraine 1838
Gingerich 1992
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra sp. Say 1820
Gingerich 1992
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea indet. Linnaeus 1758
Gingerich 1992
Echinoidea - Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
Echinolampas crameri
Gingerich 1992
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
Gingerich 1992
Mammalia - Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Zeuglodon sp. Owen 1839
Gingerich 1992
synonym of Basilosaurus
Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Eotheroides sp. Palmer 1899
1 specimen
Eosiren sp. Andrews 1902
Gingerich 1992
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Moeritheriidae
Moeritherium sp. Andrews 1901
Gingerich 1992
Reptilia - Crocodilia
Crocodilia indet. Owen 1842
Gingerich 1992
spelled with current rank as Crocodylia
see common names

Geography
Country:Egypt
Coordinates: 29.6° North, 30.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.9° North, 26.6° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Late/Upper Eocene
Age range of interval:37.20000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: skull is from bed 16 of Beadnell
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Lithology description: no lithology description
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:40516
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-06-24 11:38:08 Last modified:2010-10-28 16:36:47
Access level:the public Released:2004-06-24 11:38:08
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

10903. R. H. Reinhart. 1959. A review of the Sirenia and Desmostylia. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 36(1):1-146 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

60265% 17360P. D. Gingerich. 1992. Marine Mammals (Cetacean and Sirenia) from the Eocene of Gebel Mokattam and Fayum, Egypt: Stratigraphy, Age, and Paleoenvironments. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 30:1-84 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]