Quarry B (Jebel Qatrani Formation): Rupelian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Phiomys andrewsi
Osborn 1908
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Osborn 1908 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Gigantochersina ammon
(Andrews 1903)
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Podocnemididae
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Dacquemys paleomorpha
Williams 1954
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Gaffney et al. 2002 | |||||||||
| DPC 5986, partial skull lacking anterior part of palate and some of left side. Field no. 86-292 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Egypt | State/province: | Fayum |
| Coordinates: | 29.5° North, 30.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 26.1° North, 27.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Rupelian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Jebel Qatrani | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Quarry B is in the lower sequence of the Jebel Qatrani Formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone | ||
| Secondary lithology: | mudstone | ||
| Environment: | coarse channel fill | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
| Geology comments: Quarry B occurs in a gravelly sandstone sequence of large sand bodies formed by coalesced channel deposits and containing fossilized wood. | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | AMNH,YPM |
Metadata
| Also known as: | "lower sequence" | ||
| Database number: | 166979 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd, P. Mannion, D. Nicholson | Enterer: | P. Holroyd, P. Mannion, D. Nicholson | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-03-05 11:49:25 | Last modified: | 2015-03-05 11:49:25 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-03-05 11:49:25 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28104. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 59448 | E. S. Gaffney, D. D. Deblieux, E. L. Simons, M. R. Sánchez-Villagra, and A. Peter Meylan. 2002. Redescription of the skull of Dacquemys Williams, 1954, a podocnemidid side-necked turtle from the Late Eocene of Egypt. American Museum Novitates 3372:1-16 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson] | |
| 59618 | H. F. Osborn. 1908. New fossil mammals from the Fayûm Oligocene, Egypt. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24(16):265-272 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |