Also known as Schweinfurth XII, Jabal Mokattam
Where: Egypt (30.4° N, 31.3° E: paleocoordinates 22.8° N, 26.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Lower Building Stone Member (Mokattam Formation), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• early Lutetian
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: quarrying
Primary reference: E. Fraas. 1904. Neue Zeuglodonten aus dem Unteren Mitteleocän vom Mokattam bei Cairo. Geologische und Palaeontologische Abhandlungen 6(3):199-220 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/T. Liebrecht]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 58456: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.02.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Protocetus atavus n. gen. n. sp.
Protocetus atavus n. gen. n. sp. Fraas 1904 whale | |
"Eotheroides aegyptiacum" = Eotheroides aegyptiacum3, "Manatus coulombi n. sp." = Eotheroides aegyptiacum2, Eosiren abeli n. sp.4
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Protosiren fraasi n. sp.1
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