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)

• assumed to be from the Fluvio-Marine beds of Osborn = Upper Fossil Wood zone of Simons based on circumstantial evidence

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by R. Markgraf in 1907; reposited in the SMNS

Primary reference: P. D. Gingerich. 1978. The Stuttgart collection of Oligocene primates from the Fayum Province of Egypt. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 52(1/2):82-92 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88348: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 08.04.2009, edited by Pauline Coster

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