Quarry E (Jebel Qatrani Formation): Rupelian, Egypt

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae
Thyrohyrax sp. Meyer 1973
Rasmussen and Simons 1988
Mammalia
Jawharia tenrecoides Seiffert et al. 2007
Seiffert et al. 2007
Mammalia - Afrosoricida
Eochrysochloris tribosphenus Seiffert et al. 2007
Seiffert et al. 2007
Mammalia - Creodonta
Pterodon sp. Blainville 1839
Holroyd 1999
Mammalia - Rodentia
Metaphiomys schaubi Wood 1968
Wood 1968
Mammalia - Rodentia - Myophiomyidae
Phiomys lavocati n. sp. Wood 1968
Wood 1968
recombined as Talahphiomys lavocati
Mammalia - Rodentia
Phiomys andrewsi Osborn 1908
Wood 1968
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gaudeamuridae
Gaudeamus aegyptius Wood 1968
Wood 1968
Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Anaptomorphinae indet. (Cope 1883)
Simons et al. 1986
Mammalia - Primates - Propliopithecidae
Oligopithecus savagei n. gen., n. sp. Simons 1962
Simons 1962
Mammalia - Primates - Parapithecidae
Qatrania wingi n. gen., n. sp. Simons and Kay 1983
Reptilia
cf. Uromastyx sp. Merrem 1820
Holmes et al. 2010 4 specimens
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Jacanidae
Nupharanassa tolutaria n. sp. Rasmussen et al. 1987
Rasmussen et al. 1987 1 specimen
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 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
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:medium
Disassociated minor elements:all
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:selective quarrying,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Fayum "lower sequence"
Database number:12968
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Coster, J. Head, M. Uhen, K. Beard Enterer:R. Whatley, K. Beard, J. Alroy, J. Head, M. Uhen, P. Coster
Modifier:A. Behrensmeyer Research group:vertebrate
Created:2002-01-12 13:50:16 Last modified:2009-10-06 12:36:43
Access level:the public Released:2002-01-12 13:50:16
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
24326. 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]

Secondary references:

35464 R. B. Holmes, A. M. Murray, P. Chatarath, Y. S. Attia, and E. L. Simons. 2010. Agamid lizards (Agamidae, Uromastycinae) from the lower Oligocene of Egypt. Historical Biology 22:215-233 [J. Head/J. Head]
17283 P. A. Holroyd. 1999. New Pterodontinae (Creodonta: Hyaenodontidae) from the late Eocene-early Oligocene Jebel Qatrani Formation, Fayum province, Egypt. PaleoBios 19(2):1-18 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/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]
42925% 22640D. 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]
57487 E. R. Seiffert, E. L. Simons, T. M. Ryan, T. M. Bown, and Y. Attia. 2007. New remains of Eocene and Oligocene Afrosoricida (Afrotheria) from Egypt, with implications for the origin(s) of afrosoricid zalambdodonty. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(4):963-972 [P. Coster/P. Coster]
34163 E. L. Simons. 1962. Two new primate species from the African Oligocene. Postilla 64:1-12 [K. Beard/K. Beard]
29622 E. L. Simons, T. M. Bown, and D. T. Rasmussen. 1986. Discovery of two additional prosimian primate families (Omomyidae, Lorisidae) in the African Oligocene. Journal of Human Evolution 15(6):431-437 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
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]