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Wadi el-Sheikh, Egypt
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 28.6472,30.8336 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Egypt |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Wadi el-Sheikh | Uhen M. D. | Mokattam | "limestone" | 41.3 - 38 Ma Eocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Archaeoceti unranked clade | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Archaeoceti | 41.3 - 38 Ma Eocene |
Nummulites sp. genus | Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Nummulitidae : Nummulites | 41.3 - 38 Ma Eocene |
References
Blanckenhorn M. Neus zur Geologie und Paleontologie Aegyptens. II. Das Palaeogne, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 52, 403-479 |
Uhen M. D. Mark D. Uhen's opinions |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!