Garet Umm Rigl, Gehannam Formation: Priabonian, Egypt

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Masracetus markgrafi Gingerich 2007
El-kheir et al. 2013 1 specimen
"near Qaret Umm Regl section"
see common names

Geography
Country:Egypt State/province:Fayum
Coordinates: 29.5° North, 30.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.8° North, 26.4° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Priabonian
Age range of interval:37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Age based on Underwood et al., 2011
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gypsiferous,gray claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: gray, clay shale with gypsum
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:153755
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2014-01-13 09:31:21 Last modified:2014-01-13 09:32:33
Access level:the public Released:2014-01-13 09:31:21
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
6026.5% 17360P. D. Gingerich. 1992. Marine Mammals (Cetacean and Sirenia) from the Eocene of Gebel Mokattam and Fayum, Egypt: Stratigraphy, Age, and Paleoenvironments. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 30:1-84 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

49811 G. A. A. El-kheir, M. I. El Anbaawy, S. A. Helal and S. Gibbs. 2013. Dentary of Masracetus markgrafi, Archaeocete in the north of Lake Qaroun, Fayoum Egypt. Journal of American Science 9(12):459-469 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]