Where: Fayum, Egypt (29.3° N, 30.0° E: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 26.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Birket Qarun Formation, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
• Other fish reported to be recovered from site
Primary reference: S. E. El-Sayed, M. A. Kora, H. M. Sallam, K. M. Claeson, E. R. Seiffert and M. S. Antar. 2017. A new genus and species of marine catfishes (Siluriformes; Ariidae) from the upper Eocene Birket Qarun Formation, Wadi El-Hitan, Egypt. PLoS ONE 12(e0172409):1-42 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 190950: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 30.12.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Qarmoutus hitanensis n. gen. n. sp.
Qarmoutus hitanensis n. gen. n. sp. El-Sayed et al. 2017 Ariid catfish |