Upper sequence, Jebel Qatrani Fm (Oligocene of Egypt)

Where: Fayum, Egypt (29.4° N, 30.6° E: paleocoordinates 26.1° N, 27.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Precise locality not known; stratigraphic distribution based on referred material

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone and mudstone

• "..Jebel Qatrani Formation..comprises predominantly fluvial sandstones and mudstones deposited as point bars and overbank deposits"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Schmidt. 1913. Über paarhufer der fluviomarinen schichten des Fajum, odontographisches und osteologisches Material. [P. Coster/P. Coster]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 176344: authorized by Pauline Coster, entered by Pauline Coster on 08.02.2016

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Bothriogenys fraasi
Bothriogenys fraasi Schmidt 1913 anthracothere