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)

• "from the intermediate fossil-bearing unit" between the Lower and Upper Fossil Wood zones

Environment/lithology: fluvial; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J. Fleagle, D. L. Gebo

• DUPC collection

Primary reference: D. L. Gebo and D. T. Rasmussen. 1985. The earliest fossil pangolin (Pholidota: Manidae) from Africa. Journal of Mammalogy 66(3):538-541 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 108726: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 02.05.2011

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