Also known as Fayum "upper sequence"; Yale Quarry I

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

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Quarry I is in the "upper sequence" (there are two general fossil producing levels in the Jebel Qatrani, the "upper" and the "lower" sequences).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone and mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1962, 1989

Collection methods: quarrying,

• discovered in 1962 by a Yale expedition

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 12954: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Robin Whatley on 12.01.2002, edited by Jill Wertheim, John Alroy, Mark Uhen, K. Christopher Beard, Pauline Coster, Philip Mannion, Terri Cleary, Patricia Holroyd and Grace Varnham

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