Quarry A-1 (Jebel Qatrani Formation): Rupelian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Hyracoidea
- Pliohyracidae
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Thyrohyrax sp.
Meyer 1973
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Thyrohyrax pygmaeus
(Matsumoto 1921)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Phiomys andrewsi n. gen., n. sp.
Osborn 1908
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Osborn 1908 | |||||||||
| AMNH 13275 - holotype | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Eremopezidae
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Eremopezus eocaenus
Andrews 1904
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Rasmussen et al. 1987 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Accipitriformes
- Accipitridae
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aff. Haliaeetus sp.
Savigny 1809
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Rasmussen et al. 1987 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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= Accipitridae indet.
Viellot 1816
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Mayr 2009 | |||||||||
| resembles that of modern eagles of the taxon Haliaeetus | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Egypt | State/province: | Fayum |
| Coordinates: | 29.5° North, 30.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 26.1° North, 27.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Oligocene |
| *International age/stage: | Rupelian - Rupelian | ||
| Key time interval: | Rupelian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Jebel Qatrani | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Quarry A-1 is in the "lower sequence" (there are two general fossil producing levels in the Jebel Qatrani, the "upper" and the "lower" sequences). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone | ||
| Secondary lithology: | mudstone | ||
| Environment: | fluvial indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
| Geology comments: "..Jebel Qatrani Formation..comprises predominantly fluvial sandstones and mudstones deposited as point bars and overbank deposits" | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
Metadata
| Also known as: | "lower sequence" | ||
| Database number: | 12964 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen, P. Coster | Enterer: | R. Whatley, M. Uhen, P. Coster |
| Modifier: | A. Behrensmeyer | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-01-12 13:35:03 | Last modified: | 2009-10-06 12:36:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-01-12 13:35:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4292. | 5% 22640 | D. T. Rasmussen and E. L. Simons. 1988. New Oligocene hyracoids from Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8(1):67-83 [J. Alroy/R. Whatley/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 48029 | G. Mayr. 2009. Paleogene Fossil Birds. 1-262 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 59618 | H. F. Osborn. 1908. New fossil mammals from the Fayûm Oligocene, Egypt. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24(16):265-272 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 38655 | D. T. Rasmussen, S. L. Olson, and E. L. Simons. 1987. Fossil Birds from the Oligocene Jebel Qatrani Formation, Fayum Province, Egypt. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 62:1-20 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 52900 | A. E. Wood. 1968. Early cenozoic mammalian faunas, Fayum Province, Egypt. 2, The African oligocene Rodentia. Peabody Museum of Natural History Bulletin 28:23-105 [P. Coster/P. Coster/M. Clapham] |