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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Mammalia | |
Vampyravus orientalis Schlosser 1910 bat | |
Apterodon altidens Schlosser 1910 creodont |