Dryopithecus mogharensis (Hominidae)



Dryopithecus mogharensis ist eine Primatenart innerhalb der Familie Hominidae, die ab dem Neogen (Miozän) im Burdigalium lebte, das vor rund 20,4 Millionen Jahren begann und bis vor 16 Millionen Jahren andauerte.

Fundorte

Systematik

Daten zu den einzelnen Funden von Dryopithecus mogharensis
Sammlung Kommentar zum Fundort Epoche, Alter Geologie, Formation Kommentar zur Sammlung
Wadi Moghra "a number... of localities occupying the northeastern portion of the Qattara Depression, approximately 60 km south of El Alamein" (Morlo et al. 2007) Burdigalian
zwischen 15.97 und 16.9 Millionen Jahren
Moghara Wadi Moghara
Kommentar z. Stratigraphie Lithographie Kommentar z. Taxonomie
type section of formation is "about 230 m" (Morlo et al. 2007) "The fluviatile sands alternate with near-shore marine deposits comprised of sands and shales... Sands are generally fine to medium-grained, fairly well-sorted, and primarily quartzose in composition. Current structures such as cross-lamination and ripples are frequent as are pebble-sized clasts of both quartz and flint. Mud clasts line paleoerosion surfaces (channel scours), which are commonly ferruginous, associated with petrified wood, and are the source of the fossil vertebrates." (Morlo et al. 2007) list consists of specimens from Wadi Moghra that are not assigned to numbered localities
U.a. am Fundort ausgegraben: Prohylobates tandyi

Literatur

R. Fourtau 1918, . Contribution à l'étude des vertébrés miocènes de l'Égypte. , p. 1 - 109