Also known as Fayum "upper sequence"
Where: Fayum, Egypt (29.5° N, 30.6° E: paleocoordinates 26.1° N, 27.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Jebel Qatrani Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
• Quarry M is about "250 m above the base" of the formation (Simons et al. 2007) and in the "upper sequence" = Upper Fossil Wood Zone (there are two general fossil producing levels in the Jebel Qatrani, the "upper" and the "lower" sequences)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; poorly lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1966, 1967, 2004; reposited in the YPM
Collection methods: quarrying,
• YPM and Egyptian Geological Museum (CGM) collections
•collectors include G. E. Meyer (1960s) and R. Patnaik (2004)
Primary reference: E. L. Simons and T. M. Bown. 1985. Afrotarsius chatrathi, first tarsiiform primate (? Tarsiidae) from Africa. Nature 313:475-477 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 12960: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Robin Whatley on 12.01.2002, edited by Jill Wertheim, John Alroy, Patricia Holroyd, Mark Uhen, K. Christopher Beard, Philip Mannion and Grace Varnham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Xenerodiops mycter n. gen. n. sp.11
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Thyrohyrax domorictus n. gen. n. sp.9 Meyer 1973 hyrax CGM 40001 - holotype; the most common hyracoid of the upper sequence, especially at Quarries M and I
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Afrotarsius chatrathi n. gen. n. sp.
Afrotarsius chatrathi n. gen. n. sp. Simons and Bown 1985 monkey | |
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Bothriogenys fraasi14 Schmidt 1913 anthracothere DPC 2705, 3606, 3947, 7706, 8638, 11280, 11407 and 20950
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"Peratherium africanus n. sp." = Peratherium africanus17, "Peratherium africanum n. sp." = Peratherium africanus8
"Peratherium africanum n. sp." = Peratherium africanus8 Simons and Bown 1984 marsupial compared to Peratherium cuvieri and P. elegans
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