Where: Al Hijaz, Saudi Arabia (21.7° N, 39.8° E: paleocoordinates 17.1° N, 34.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: middle unit Member (Shumaysi Formation), Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

• straddles early and late Oligocene boundary, 28-29 Ma

Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: I. S. Zalmout, W. J. Sanders, L. M. MacLatchy, G. F. Gunnell, Y. A. Al-Mufarreh, M. A. Ali, A.-A. H. Nasser, A. M. Al-Masari, S. A. Al-Sobhi, A. O. Nadhra, A. H. Matari, J. A. Wilson, and P. D. Gingerich. 2010. New Oligocene primate from Saudi Arabia and the divergence of apes and Old World monkeys. Nature 466:360-364 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97221: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.07.2010, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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