Quarry M (Jebel Qatrani Formation), Ägypten
Fundort: | Quarry M (Jebel Qatrani Formation), Ägypten, Fayum, Ägypten | |
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Taxon: | Qatrania fleaglei 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
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LiteraturE. L. Simons, R. F. Kay 1988, New material of Qatrania from Egypt with comments on the phylogenetic position of the Parapithecidae (Primates, Anthropoidea). American Journal of Primatology. 15, p. 337 - 347 |
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