Minqar Tibaghbagh BOTM: Early/Lower Oligocene, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Hyracoidea
- Titanohyracidae
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cf. Antilohyrax sp.
Rasmussen and Simons 2000
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| CGM67188 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
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cf. Phiomia sp.
Andrews and Beadnell 1902
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| CGM67187, 67189 and 67199 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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cf. Eosiren sp.
Andrews 1902
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Mammalia
- Anthracotheriidae
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cf. Bothriogenys sp.
Schmidt 1913
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| CGM67197 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Cheloniidae
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Cheloniidae indet.
Bonaparte 1832
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Reptilia
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cf. Crocodylus sp.
Laurenti 1768
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| "severely weathered and damaged skull in association with some vertebrae" | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Carcharhinus sp.
de Blainville 1816
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| CGM67191 | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Aetobatidae
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Aetobatus sp.
Blainville 1816
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Gastropoda
- Potamididae
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Potamides sp.
Brongniart 1810
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Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 29.2° North, 26.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 25.9° North, 23.3° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Oligocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | massive,white poorly lithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: white, poorly consolidated sandstone without clear stratification, about 0.75 m thick | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Qattara Depression, Minqar Tabaghbagh | ||
| Database number: | 187873 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-08-14 11:13:52 | Last modified: | 2017-08-14 11:13:52 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-08-14 11:13:52 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 63028. | H. J. Van Vliet, A. S. Schulp, G. A. M. M. Abu El-Kheir, T. M. Paijmans, M. Bosselaers and C. J. Underwood. 2017. A new site with Oligocene terrestrial mammals and an Oligocene selachian fauna from Minqar Tibaghbagh, the Western Desert of Egypt. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 62 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |