NNW of Birket Qarun (Oligocene of Egypt)

Also known as NNW of Birket-el-Qurun

Where: Fayum, Egypt (29.6° N, 30.6° E: paleocoordinates 26.3° N, 27.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Jebel Qatrani Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• Upper Fossil Wood Zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

• no information on lithology

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. W. Andrews. 1906. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Tertiary Vertebrata of Fayum, Egypt 1-324 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 65960: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.09.2006, edited by Pauline Coster and David Nicholson

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Neornithes - Eremopezidae
Eremopezus eocaenus Andrews 1904 bird
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
"Crocodilus megarhinus n. sp." = Crocodylus megarhinus2, "Crocodilus articeps n. sp." = Crocodylus megarhinus2
"Crocodilus megarhinus n. sp." = Crocodylus megarhinus2 Andrews 1905 crocodile
NHMUK R3327 - type (partial skull)
"Crocodilus articeps n. sp." = Crocodylus megarhinus2 Andrews 1905 crocodile
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
"Tomistoma gavialoides n. sp." = Eogavialis gavialoides2
"Tomistoma gavialoides n. sp." = Eogavialis gavialoides2 Andrews 1905 crocodilian
 Testudines - Testudinidae
"Testudo ammon n. sp." = Gigantochersina ammon1, "Testudo beadnelli n. sp." = Gigantochersina ammon
"Testudo ammon n. sp." = Gigantochersina ammon1 Andrews 1903 turtle
"Testudo beadnelli n. sp." = Gigantochersina ammon Andrews 1903 turtle
 Testudines -
Testudo isis n. sp.
Testudo isis n. sp. Andrews 1906 turtle
 Testudines - Podocnemididae
"Stereogenys libyca n. sp." = Andrewsemys libyca, "Podocnemis fajumensis n. sp." = Shetwemys fajumensis1, Dacquemys paleomorpha3
"Stereogenys libyca n. sp." = Andrewsemys libyca Andrews 1903 sideneck turtle
NHMUK R3039 - type
"Podocnemis fajumensis n. sp." = Shetwemys fajumensis1 Andrews 1903 sideneck turtle
Dacquemys paleomorpha3 Williams 1954 sideneck turtle
shell, described alongside the type skull from a different locality
Mammalia
 Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae
Saghatherium antiquum Andrews and Beadnell 1902 hyrax
Saghatherium minus Andrews and Beadnell 1902 hyrax
Saghatherium magnum Andrews 1904 hyrax
Saghatherium majus n. sp. Andrews 1906 hyrax
"Geniohyus fajumensis" = Bunohyrax fajumensis Andrews 1904 hyrax
"Geniohyus major" = Bunohyrax major Andrews 1904 hyrax
Megalohyrax eocaenus Andrews 1903 hyrax
Megalohyrax minor Andrews 1904 hyrax
Geniohyus mirus Andrews 1904 hyrax
 Hyracoidea - Titanohyracidae
Titanohyrax andrewsi4 Matsumoto 1922 hyrax
Titanohyrax ultimus4 Matsumoto 1922 hyrax
 Proboscidea - Barytheriidae
Barytherium grave Andrews 1901 proboscidean
 Proboscidea -
Phiomia serridens Andrews and Beadnell 1902 proboscidean
 Proboscidea - Moeritheriidae
Moeritherium lyonsi Andrews 1901 proboscidean
Moeritherium gracile Andrews 1902 proboscidean
Moeritherium trigonodon Andrews 1904 proboscidean
 Proboscidea - Palaeomastodontidae
Palaeomastodon parvus Andrews 1905 proboscidean
Palaeomastodon beadnelli Andrews 1901 proboscidean
Palaeomastodon wintoni Andrews 1905 proboscidean
Palaeomastodon minor Andrews 1904 proboscidean
 Embrithopoda - Arsinoitheriidae
"Arsinoitherium zitteli" = Arsinoitherium zitteli, "Arsinoitherium andrewsi" = Arsinoitherium zitteli
"Arsinoitherium zitteli" = Arsinoitherium zitteli Beadnell 1902 placental
"Arsinoitherium andrewsi" = Arsinoitherium zitteli Beadnell 1902 placental
 Creodonta - Hyainailouridae
Pterodon africanus Andrews 1903 creodont
Apterodon macrognathus Andrews 1904 creodont
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Sinopa ethiopica n. sp. Andrews 1906 creodont
Hyaenodon sp. Laizer and Parieu 1838 creodont
 Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
"Rhagatherium aegyptiacum n. sp." = Nabotherium aegyptiacum, "Ancodon parvus n. sp." = Qatraniodon parvus, "Ancodon gorringei" = Bothriogenys gorringei
"Rhagatherium aegyptiacum n. sp." = Nabotherium aegyptiacum Andrews 1906 anthracothere
NHM M8449 - type
"Ancodon parvus n. sp." = Qatraniodon parvus Andrews 1906 anthracothere
CGM 8821 - type
"Ancodon gorringei" = Bothriogenys gorringei Andrews and Beadnell 1902 anthracothere