Also known as Qattara Depression, Minqar Tabaghbagh
Where: Egypt (29.4° N, 26.4° E: paleocoordinates 26.2° N, 23.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; white limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: H. J. Van Vliet, A. S. Schulp, G. A. M. M. Abu El-Kheir, T. M. Paijmans, M. Bosselaers and C. J. Underwood. 2017. A new site with Oligocene terrestrial mammals and an Oligocene selachian fauna from Minqar Tibaghbagh, the Western Desert of Egypt. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 62 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 187874: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 14.08.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
cf. Eosiren sp. Andrews 1902 dugong | |
Reptilia | |
Cheloniidae indet. Bonaparte 1832 sea turtle | |
cf. Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile |