Lower fossil wood zone (Oligocene of Egypt)

Also known as Fayum, Jebel Qatrani

Where: Fayum, Egypt (29.6° N, 30.9° E: paleocoordinates 26.2° N, 27.6° E)

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

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone and mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. Schlosser. 1910. Uber einige fossile Saugetiere aus dem Oligocan von Agypten. Zoologischer Anzeiger 35:500-508 [P. Coster/P. Coster]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 175909: authorized by Pauline Coster, entered by Pauline Coster on 18.01.2016

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Philisidae
Vampyravus orientalis Schlosser 1910 bat
 Creodonta - Hyainailouridae
Apterodon altidens Schlosser 1910 creodont