Where: Western Desert, Egypt (27.7° N, 28.5° E: paleocoordinates 27.4° N, 28.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone
•into Cretaceous or Palaeogene Chalk
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: bone collector
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, surface (in situ),
Primary reference: M. Pickford, H. Wanas, and H. Soliman. 2006. Indications for a humid climate in the Western Desert of Egypt 11–10 Myr ago: evidence from Galagidae (Primates, Mammalia). Comptes Rendus Palevol 5(8):935-943 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/J. Alroy] more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 77023: authorized by Pat Holroyd, entered by Pat Holroyd on 16.12.2007