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Mokattam - Lower Building Stone, Egypt

FormationMokattam
MemberLower Building Stone
Age:47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
IntervalLutetian
Lithologylimestone
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences5

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Gebel MokattamEgyptMokattam - Lower Building Stone

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Protocetus atavus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Protocetidae : Protocetus : Protocetus atavus47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Eosiren abeli
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sirenia : Dugongidae : Eosiren : Eosiren abeli47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Eotherium aegyptiacum
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sirenia : Dugongidae : Eotheroides : Eotherium aegyptiacum47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Protosiren fraasi
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sirenia : Protosirenidae : Protosiren : Protosiren fraasi47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene

References

Filhol M. H. Note sure la decouverte d'un nouveau mammifere marin (Manatus coulombi) en Afrique, dans les carrieres de Mokattam pres du Caire, Bulletin de la Societe philomathique de Paris 7 2, 124-125
Fraas E. (1904) Neue Zeuglodonten aus dem Unteren Mitteleocän vom Mokattam bei Cairo, Geologische und Palaeontologische Abhandlungen 6 3, 199-220
Abel O. (1907) Die Stammesgeschichte der Meeressauetiere, Meereskunde 1 4, 1-36
Sickenberg O. (1934) Beitrage zur Kenntnis Tertiarer Sirenen, Memoires de Musee Royal D'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 63, 1-352
Gingerich P. D. (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
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!
 
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