Quarry E (Jebel Qatrani Formation): Rupelian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Hyracoidea
- Pliohyracidae
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Thyrohyrax sp.
Meyer 1973
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Rasmussen and Simons 1988 | ||||||
Mammalia
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Jawharia tenrecoides
Seiffert et al. 2007
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Seiffert et al. 2007 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Afrosoricida
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Eochrysochloris tribosphenus
Seiffert et al. 2007
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Seiffert et al. 2007 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Creodonta
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Pterodon sp.
Blainville 1839
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Holroyd 1999 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Metaphiomys schaubi
Wood 1968
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Wood 1968 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Myophiomyidae
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Phiomys lavocati n. sp.
Wood 1968
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Wood 1968 | ||||||
recombined as Talahphiomys lavocati | |||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Phiomys andrewsi
Osborn 1908
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Wood 1968 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Gaudeamuridae
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Gaudeamus aegyptius
Wood 1968
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Wood 1968 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Anaptomorphinae indet.
(Cope 1883)
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Simons et al. 1986 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Propliopithecidae
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Oligopithecus savagei n. gen., n. sp.
Simons 1962
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Simons 1962 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Parapithecidae
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Qatrania wingi n. gen., n. sp.
Simons and Kay 1983
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Reptilia
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cf. Uromastyx sp.
Merrem 1820
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Holmes et al. 2010 | 4 specimens | |||||
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Jacanidae
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Nupharanassa tolutaria n. sp.
Rasmussen et al. 1987
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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] | |
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] |
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] |