Oued Kouki (Eocene of Tunisia)

Where: Tunisia (35.6° N, 9.4° E: paleocoordinates 30.9° N, 6.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: P. Batik and O. Fejfar. 1990. Les vertebres du Lutetien, du Miocene et du Pliocene de Tunisie centrale. Service Geologique de Tunisie, Tunis 56:69-82 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 79675: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.03.2008

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Protocetidae
? Protocetidae indet. Stromer 1908 whale