Qasr el-Sagha Loc.: Priabonian, Egypt
collected 1963
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Anthracotheriidae
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cf. Bothriogenys sp.
Schmidt 1913
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Holroyd et al. 1996 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
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Apterodon saghensis n. sp.
Simons and Gingerich 1976
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| CGM 40006 - type | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Barytheriidae
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Barytherium cf. grave
Andrews 1901
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Holroyd et al. 1996 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Moeritheriidae
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Moeritherium lyonsi
Andrews 1901
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Holroyd et al. 1996 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Egypt | State/province: | Fayum |
| Coordinates: | 29.6° North, 30.7° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 24.9° North, 26.6° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Priabonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Qasr el-Sagha |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1963 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Twenty feet above the base of the deltaic sandstone facies of the Qasr el-Sagha Formation | ||
| Database number: | 175910 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Coster, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Coster, P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-01-18 14:21:28 | Last modified: | 2016-07-11 10:09:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-01-18 14:21:28 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 57656. | E. L. Simons and P. D. Gingerich. 1976. A new species of Apterodon (Mammalia, Creodonta) from the upper Eocene Qasr el-Sagha Formation of Egypt. Postilla 168:1-9 [P. Coster/P. Coster/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 60370 | P. A. Holroyd, E. L. Simons, T. M. Bown, P. D. Polly, and M. J. Kraus. 1996. New records of terrestrial mammals from the upper Eocene Qasr el Sagha Formation, Fayum Depression, Egypt. Palaeovertebrata 25(2-4):175-192 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Uhen] |