Also known as Fayum "lower sequence"
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 E is in the "lower sequence" (there are two general fossil producing levels in the Jebel Qatrani, the "upper" and the "lower" sequences), and from the Lower Fossil Wood zone according to Simons and Kay 1983
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone and mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying,
Primary reference: E. L. Simons and R. F. Kay. 1983. Qatrania, new basal anthropoid primate from the Fayum, Oligocene of Egypt. Nature 304:624-626 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 12968: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Robin Whatley on 12.01.2002, edited by John Alroy, K. Christopher Beard, Jason Head, Mark Uhen and Pauline Coster
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Phiomys lavocati n. sp." = Talahphiomys lavocati8
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Oligopithecus savagei n. gen. n. sp.6
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Qatrania wingi n. gen. n. sp.
Qatrania wingi n. gen. n. sp. Simons and Kay 1983 monkey | |
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Nupharanassa tolutaria n. sp.3
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