Khashm el-Raqaba: Bartonian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Sirenia
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Sirenia indet.
Illiger 1811
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Gingerich et al. 2007 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Protocetidae
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Protocetidae indet.
Stromer 1908
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1 specimen | ||||||
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= Aegyptocetus tarfa n. gen., n. sp.
Bianucci and Gingerich 2011
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Bianucci and Gingerich 2011 | ||||||
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Mammalia
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Archaeoceti indet.
Flower 1883
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Gingerich et al. 2007 | ||||||
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Nummulitidae
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Nummulites gizehensis
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Gingerich et al. 2007 | ||||||
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Nummulites lyelli
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Gingerich et al. 2007 | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 28.5° North, 31.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 22.6° North, 27.1° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Bartonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Bartonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 41.20000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Gebel Hof | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Mokattamian interval MK4–MK6 (following Strougo, 2008), probably MK5, and in the range of 40–41
Ma (Leuterbacher et al., 2004).: early Bartonian, equivalent to the Sath el-Hadid and Guishi Formations | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: contains nummulites | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
| Associated major elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all microfossils |
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Shak el-Fadl, Sheikh Fadl, Wadi Tarfa | ||
| Database number: | 47079 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-02-07 12:57:39 | Last modified: | 2019-09-19 21:01:25 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-02-07 12:57:39 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12543. | G. Bianucci, C. Nocchi, C. Sorbini and W. Landini. 2003. L' Archeoceto Nella Roccia alle Origini dei Cetacei 1-18 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 38487 | G. Bianucci and P. D. Gingerich. 2011. Aegyptocetus tarfa, n. gen. et sp. (Mammalia, Cetacea), from the middle Eocene of Egypt: clinorhynchy, olfaction, and hearing in a protocetid whale. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(6):1173-1188 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 25327 | P. D. Gingerich, F. Al-Bedawi, and S. Sameeh. 2007. Khashm El-Raqaba: A new locality yielding middle Eocene whales and sea cows from Wadi Tarfa in the eastern desert of Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(3):81A [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 11995 | E. M. Williams. 1998. Synopsis of the Earliest Cetaceans: Pakicetidae, Ambulocetidae, Remingtonocetidae, and Protocetidae. The Emergence of Whales 1-28 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |