Propliopithecus haeckeli (Propliopithecidae)



Propliopithecus haeckeli ist eine Primatenart innerhalb der Familie Propliopithecidae, die ab dem Paläogen (Oligozän) im Rupelium lebte, das vor rund 33,9 Millionen Jahren begann und bis vor 28,1 Millionen Jahren andauerte.

Fundorte

Systematik

Daten zu den einzelnen Funden von Propliopithecus haeckeli
Sammlung Kommentar zum Fundort Epoche, Alter Geologie, Formation
Quarry G (Jebel Qatrani Formation) (= "upper sequence") none given Rupelian
zwischen 28.1 und 33.9 Millionen Jahren
Jebel Qatrani
Kommentar z. Stratigraphie Lithographie
"next lowermost quarry" below Quarry I in the section, with a gap of 250 feet, and apparently in the "lower level" sensu Osborn apparently from "riverine sands" that form the terrestrial part of the section
U.a. am Fundort ausgegraben: Apidium moustafai
Sammlung Kommentar zum Fundort Epoche, Alter Geologie, Formation
Stuttgart Fayum collection exact locality unknown but assumed to be near other Markgraf collecting localities such as Northwest of Quarry A Rupelian
zwischen 28.1 und 33.9 Millionen Jahren
Jebel Qatrani
Kommentar z. Stratigraphie Museum Kommentar z. Taxonomie
assumed to be from the Fluvio-Marine beds of Osborn = Upper Fossil Wood zone of Simons based on circumstantial evidence SMNS specimens may or may not be from the same exact locality, but were collected by Markgraf "probably within the space of only two or three months early in 1907"
U.a. am Fundort ausgegraben: Parapithecus fraasi
Sammlung Kommentar zum Fundort Epoche, Alter Geologie, Formation
Stuttgart Fayum collection exact locality unknown but assumed to be near other Markgraf collecting localities such as Northwest of Quarry A Rupelian
zwischen 28.1 und 33.9 Millionen Jahren
Jebel Qatrani
Kommentar z. Stratigraphie Museum Kommentar z. Taxonomie
assumed to be from the Fluvio-Marine beds of Osborn = Upper Fossil Wood zone of Simons based on circumstantial evidence SMNS specimens may or may not be from the same exact locality, but were collected by Markgraf "probably within the space of only two or three months early in 1907"
U.a. am Fundort ausgegraben: Parapithecus fraasi
Sammlung Epoche, Alter Geologie, Formation
Taqah Rupelian
zwischen 28.4 und 33.9 Millionen Jahren
Ashawq
U.a. am Fundort ausgegraben: Oligopithecus rogeri

Literatur

E. L. Simons 1965, New fossil apes from Egypt and the initial differentiation of Hominoidea. Nature. 205, p. 135 - 139
P. D. Gingerich 1978, The Stuttgart collection of Oligocene primates from the Fayum Province of Egypt. Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 52:1/2, p. 82 - 92
H. Thomas, S. Sen, J. Roger, Z. Al-Sulaimani 1991, The discovery of Moeripthecus markgrafi Schlosser (Propliopithecidae, Anthropoidea, Primates) in the Ashawq Formation (Early Oligocene of Dhofar Province, Sultanate of Oman). Journal of Human Evolution. 20:1/2, p. 33 - 49