Qattara Depression: Priabonian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Basilosauridae
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Masracetus markgrafi
Gingerich 2007
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Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 29.2° North, 26.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 24.6° North, 22.3° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
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 |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: late Eocene |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | coastal 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: | 96953 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-07-14 14:58:32 | Last modified: | 2010-09-24 13:50:11 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-07-14 14:58:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 33106. | P. D. Gingerich. 2010. Cetacea. In L. Werdelin & W. J. Sanders (ed.), Cenozoic Mammals of Africa 873-899 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |