Fundstelle Quarry M (Jebel Qatrani Formation), Ägypten - Evolution der Primaten

Quarry M (Jebel Qatrani Formation), Ägypten

Fundort:	Quarry M (Jebel Qatrani Formation), Ägypten, Fayum, Ägypten
Taxon:	Apidium phiomense aus der Familie Parapithecidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
Macrofossils, 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), At least one Aegyptopithecus specimen was filled with "sandstone matrix" (Simons et al. 2007)
Geschätztes Alter der Fundstelle:	zwischen 28,1 und 33,9 Millionen Jahre aus der Jebel Qatrani Formation in Ägypten
Geologie, Sratigraphie	Rupelian / Rupelian / Jebel Qatrani
Koordinaten:	29° 27 ' 0 '' N, 30° 34 ' 59 '' O
Die Daten sowie die folgende Systematik stammen aus der Paleobiology Database, Lizenz

Literatur F. Ankel-Simons 1993, Description and evaluation of five primate sacra from the Oligocene of Egypt. Geological Survey of Egypt,1995, Special Publication; Thirty years of international cooperation on the geology of Egypt and related sciences. 69, p. 115 - 134
Systematik Parapithecidae †Parapithecidae †Qatraniinae †Apidium †Apidium moustafai †Apidium bowni †Apidium phiomense †Apidium zuetina †Apidium kraeusei †Apidium phiomensis †Ucayalipithecus †Ucayalipithecus perdita †Qatrania †Qatrania fleaglei †Qatrania wingi †Qatrania basiodontos †Biretia †Biretia piveteaui †Biretia megalopsis †Biretia fayumensis †Parapithecinae †Lokonepithecus †Lokonepithecus manai