Quarry B (Jebel Qatrani Formation) (Oligocene of Egypt)

Also known as "lower sequence"

Where: Fayum, Egypt (29.5° N, 30.6° E: paleocoordinates 26.1° N, 27.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Jebel Qatrani Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• Quarry B is in the lower sequence of the Jebel Qatrani Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coarse channel fill; sandstone and mudstone

• Quarry B occurs in a gravelly sandstone sequence of large sand bodies formed by coalesced channel deposits and containing fossilized wood.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the AMNH, YPM

Primary reference: P. A. Holroyd and J. F. Parham. 2003. The antiquity of African tortoises. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(3):688-690 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 166979: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 05.03.2015, edited by David Nicholson and Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudines - Podocnemididae
Dacquemys paleomorpha1
Dacquemys paleomorpha1 Williams 1954 sideneck turtle
DPC 5986, partial skull lacking anterior part of palate and some of left side. Field no. 86-292
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Gigantochersina ammon
Gigantochersina ammon Andrews 1903 turtle
Mammalia
 Rodentia -
Phiomys andrewsi2
Phiomys andrewsi2 Osborn 1908 rodent
1Gaffney et al. 2002; 2Osborn 1908