Dimeh (Eocene of Egypt)
Where: Egypt (29.5° N, 30.7° E: paleocoordinates 24.9° N, 26.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Birket Qarun Formation, Priabonian (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• early Priabonian
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; sandstone
• The Birket Qarun Formation exhibits an offshore barrier complex on the continental shelf.
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: E. Stromer. 1908. Die Archaeoceti des Agyptischen Eozans. Beitrage zur Paleotologie un Geologie Osterreich-Ungarns un des Orients 21:108-177 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 79679: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.03.2008