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Briket Qarun - lower, Giza Governorate, Egypt
Formation | Briket Qarun |
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Member | lower |
Age: | 38.0 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
Interval | Priabonian |
Lithology | shale |
Number of Collections | 1 |
Number of Occurrences | 1 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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WH-219 | Giza Governorate, Egypt | Briket Qarun - lower |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Eotheroides clavigerum species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sirenia : Dugongidae : Eotheroides : Eotheroides clavigerum | 38 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
References
Zalmout I. S., Gingerich P. D. (2012) Late Eocene sea cows (Mammalia, Sirenia) from Wadi al Hitan in the western desert of Fayum, Egypt, University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 37, 1-158 |
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!