Schweinfurth VII: Bartonian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Basilosauridae
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Zeuglodon sp.
Owen 1839
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= Basilosaurus sp.
Harlan 1834
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Gingerich 2010 | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Egypt |
Coordinates: | 30.0° North, 31.3° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 24.2° North, 26.6° East |
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Bartonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
Key time interval: | Bartonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 41.30000 - 38.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Giushi |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | open shallow subtidal |
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: | 96950 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2010-07-14 13:51:54 | Last modified: | 2019-11-20 12:22:07 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-07-14 13:51:54 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
29185. | M. Blanckenhorn. 1900. Neus zur Geologie und Paleontologie Aegyptens. II. Das Palaeogne. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 52:403-479 [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] |