ammonites
Wadi-el-Natrun C (Miocene of Egypt)

Also known as ETE Locality 1432, Zone C, Locality 2507, Wadi-el-Natrun C,

Where: WEN Depression, Egypt (30.4° N, 30.3° E: paleocoordinates 29.7° N, 29.4° E)

When: Profile C Member (Muluk Formation), Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Radiomet dats to hemphil assems N.Amer

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: Freshwater
• ETE rock type adj: claystone, ETE lithology comments: snd&cly layers w/frequent &irreg bd

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 478, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), SMU: Southern Methodist University, Schuler Mus.Paleo

Primary reference: G. T. James and B.H. Slaughter. 1974. A Primitive New Middle Pliocenemurid from Wadi El Natrun,Egypt. Annals of the Geological Survey of Egypt IV:333-362 [K. Behrensmeyer/K. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] more details

PaleoDB collection 22592: authorized by Kay Behrensmeyer, entered by Kay Behrensmeyer on 28.06.2000, edited by John Damuth, John Alroy and Mark Uhen