Where: Egypt (29.5° N, 30.6° E: paleocoordinates 26.1° N, 27.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Jebel Qatrani Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• "next lowermost quarry" below Quarry I in the section, with a gap of 250 feet, and apparently in the "lower level" sensu Osborn

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: E. L. Simons. 1965. New fossil apes from Egypt and the initial differentiation of Hominoidea. Nature 205:135-139 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 71943: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 17.05.2007, edited by Pauline Coster and Philip Mannion

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