Where: Egypt (29.6° N, 30.6° E: paleocoordinates 24.1° N, 26.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: upper Member (Mokattam Formation), Bartonian (40.4 - 37.2 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: quarrying

Primary reference: M. Blanckenhorn. 1900. Neus zur Geologie und Paleontologie Aegyptens. II. Das Palaeogne. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 52:403-479 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 79674: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.03.2008