Qara Oasis, near: Priabonian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Osteichthyes indet.
(Huxley 1880)
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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synonym of Testudines | |||||||
Reptilia
- Crocodylia
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
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Sirenia indet.
(Illiger 1811)
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Basilosauridae
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Basilosaurus cetoides
(Owen 1839)
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Chondrichthyes
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Chondrichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Egypt |
Coordinates: | 29.4° North, 26.8° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 24.9° North, 22.9° East |
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 |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Daba'a |
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | glauconitic sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: glauconite and glauconitic sand | |
Environment: | coastal 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: | 123919 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2012-02-02 08:14:15 | Last modified: | 2014-11-24 08:52:51 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-02-02 08:14:15 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
39903. | I. S. Zalmout, M. S. Antar, E.-B. Hatab and P. D. Gingerich. 2011. Late Eocene vertebrate faunas from the Qattara Depression in the Western Desert of Egypt. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of Americ 43(5):264 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |