NNW of Birket Qarun (Oligocene of Egypt)
Also known as NNW of Birket-el-Qurun
Where: Fayum, Egypt (29.6° N, 30.6° E: paleocoordinates 26.3° N, 27.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Jebel Qatrani Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
• Upper Fossil Wood Zone
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported
• no information on lithology
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. W. Andrews. 1906. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Tertiary Vertebrata of Fayum, Egypt 1-324 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 65960: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.09.2006, edited by Pauline Coster and David Nicholson
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Mammalia | |
Hyaenodon sp., Sinopa ethiopica n. sp.
Hyaenodon sp. Laizer and Parieu 1838 creodont
Sinopa ethiopica n. sp. Andrews 1906 creodont | |
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Pterodon africanus Andrews 1903 creodont
Apterodon macrognathus Andrews 1904 creodont | |
"Ancodon gorringei" = Bothriogenys gorringei, "Ancodon parvus n. sp." = Qatraniodon parvus, "Rhagatherium aegyptiacum n. sp." = Nabotherium aegyptiacum
"Ancodon gorringei" = Bothriogenys gorringei Andrews and Beadnell 1902 anthracothere
"Rhagatherium aegyptiacum n. sp." = Nabotherium aegyptiacum Andrews 1906 anthracothere NHM M8449 - type
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Geniohyus mirus, Megalohyrax eocaenus, Megalohyrax minor, "Geniohyus major" = Bunohyrax major, "Geniohyus fajumensis" = Bunohyrax fajumensis, Saghatherium magnum, Saghatherium minus, Saghatherium majus n. sp., Saghatherium antiquum
Geniohyus mirus Andrews 1904 hyrax
Megalohyrax eocaenus Andrews 1903 hyrax
Megalohyrax minor Andrews 1904 hyrax
"Geniohyus major" = Bunohyrax major Andrews 1904 hyrax
"Geniohyus fajumensis" = Bunohyrax fajumensis Andrews 1904 hyrax
Saghatherium magnum Andrews 1904 hyrax
Saghatherium minus Andrews and Beadnell 1902 hyrax
Saghatherium majus n. sp. Andrews 1906 hyrax
Saghatherium antiquum Andrews and Beadnell 1902 hyrax | |
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Moeritherium gracile Andrews 1902 proboscidean
Moeritherium lyonsi Andrews 1901 proboscidean
Moeritherium trigonodon Andrews 1904 proboscidean | |
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Barytherium grave Andrews 1901 proboscidean | |
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Phiomia serridens Andrews and Beadnell 1902 proboscidean | |
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Palaeomastodon minor Andrews 1904 proboscidean
Palaeomastodon parvus Andrews 1905 proboscidean
Palaeomastodon beadnelli Andrews 1901 proboscidean
Palaeomastodon wintoni Andrews 1905 proboscidean | |
"Arsinoitherium zitteli" = Arsinoitherium zitteli, "Arsinoitherium andrewsi" = Arsinoitherium zitteli
"Arsinoitherium zitteli" = Arsinoitherium zitteli Beadnell 1902 placental
"Arsinoitherium andrewsi" = Arsinoitherium zitteli Beadnell 1902 placental | |
| Reptilia | |
"Stereogenys libyca n. sp." = Andrewsemys libyca, "Podocnemis fajumensis n. sp." = Shetwemys fajumensis1, Dacquemys paleomorpha3
Dacquemys paleomorpha3 Williams 1954 sideneck turtle shell, described alongside the type skull from a different locality
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Testudo isis n. sp.
Testudo isis n. sp. Andrews 1906 turtle | |
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"Testudo beadnelli n. sp." = Gigantochersina ammon Andrews 1903 turtle | |
| Aves | |
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Eremopezus eocaenus Andrews 1904 bird | |
| Reptilia | |
"Tomistoma gavialoides n. sp." = Eogavialis gavialoides2
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"Crocodilus megarhinus n. sp." = Crocodylus megarhinus2, "Crocodilus articeps n. sp." = Crocodylus megarhinus2
"Crocodilus megarhinus n. sp." = Crocodylus megarhinus2 Andrews 1905 crocodile NHMUK R3327 - type (partial skull)
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