Klein Rajan: Lutetian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Protocetidae
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? Basilosauridae indet.
Cope 1867
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Stromer 1914 | 1 specimen | |||||
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= ? Protocetidae indet.
Stromer 1908
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Gingerich 2010 | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 29.1° North, 30.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 22.4° North, 25.6° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Lutetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Lutetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Midawara | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: late Lutetian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 79672 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-03-17 14:31:55 | Last modified: | 2010-09-13 14:13:57 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-03-17 14:31:55 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 15430. | E. Stromer. 1908. Die Archaeoceti des Agyptischen Eozans. Beitrage zur Paleotologie un Geologie Osterreich-Ungarns un des Orients 21:108-177 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 33106 | P. D. Gingerich. 2010. Cetacea. In L. Werdelin & W. J. Sanders (ed.), Cenozoic Mammals of Africa 873-899 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 26769 | E. Stromer. 1914. Ergebnisse der Forschungreisen Prof. E. Stromers in den Wusten Agyptens. !: Die Topographie und Geologie der Strecke Gharqu-Baharije nebst Ausfuhrungen uber de geologische Geschichte Agyptens. Abhandlungen der Koniglichen Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-physikalischen Classe, Munchen. 26:1-78 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |