Quarry M (Jebel Qatrani Formation), Ägypten


Fundort: Quarry M (Jebel Qatrani Formation), Ägypten, Fayum, Ägypten
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

Literatur

E. 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

Systematik