Also known as Wadi Moghara
Where: Egypt (30.4° N, 28.8° E: paleocoordinates 29.5° N, 27.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Moghara Formation, MN 4 (16.9 - 16.0 Ma)
• type section of formation is "about 230 m" (Morlo et al. 2007)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; medium-grained, ferruginous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: original collections described by Fourtau (1918, 1920), with newly collected material described starting with Miller (1996)
Primary reference: R. Fourtau. 1918. Contribution à l'étude des vertébrés miocènes de l'Égypte 1-109 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 53970: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.09.2005, edited by John Alroy, Patricia Holroyd and Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
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Mastodon spenceri n. sp. Fourtau 1918 mastodon | |
cf. Archaeobelodon sp.8, "Mastodon angustidens" = Tetrabelodon angustidens, Gomphotherium angustidens8
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Teleoceras snowi n. sp., Aceratherium sp.
Teleoceras snowi n. sp. Fourtau 1918 rhinoceros
Aceratherium sp. Kaup 1834 rhinoceros | |
Brachyodus africanus anthracothere
Brachyodus moneyi n. sp. Fourtau 1918 anthracothere
Masritherium depereti n. gen. n. sp. Fourtau 1918 anthracothere | |
"Cyrtodelphis aff. sulcatus" = Schizodelphis sulcatus
"Cyrtodelphis aff. sulcatus" = Schizodelphis sulcatus Gervais 1853 toothed whale | |
Delphinus vanzelleri n. sp.
Delphinus vanzelleri n. sp. Fourtau 1918 toothed whale | |
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Hyaena sp. Brisson 1762 hyaena | |
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Buhakia moghraensis n. gen. n. sp.6
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? Dryopithecus mogharensis n. sp.
? Dryopithecus mogharensis n. sp. Fourtau 1918 ape | |
Prohylobates tandyi n. gen. n. sp.
Prohylobates tandyi n. gen. n. sp. Fourtau 1918 monkey | |
Reptilia | |
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Podocnemis bramlyi n. sp., Latentemys plowdeni n. gen. n. sp.2, "Podocnemis aegyptiaca" = Apeshemys aegyptiaca, Mogharemys blanckenhorni n. gen. n. sp.2
Podocnemis bramlyi n. sp. Fourtau 1918 river turtle
Latentemys plowdeni n. gen. n. sp.2 Gaffney et al. 2011 sideneck turtle BMNH R.11998; type horizon of Moghara Fm. conjectural
"Podocnemis aegyptiaca" = Apeshemys aegyptiaca Andrews 1900 sideneck turtle | |
Trionyx senckenbergianus Reinach 1903 softshell turtle | |
Namibchersus cf. namaquensis9 Stromer 1926 turtle Material.—DPC 6443, a fragment of the anterior plastron consisting of both epiplastra and the anterior end of the entoplastron
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"Crocodilus lloydi n. sp." = Rimasuchus lloydi
"Crocodilus lloydi n. sp." = Rimasuchus lloydi Fourtau 1918 crocodile CGM 15597 (incomplete cranium and mandible); topotype - NHMUK unnumbered (nearly complete skull)
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Gavialis sp., Tomistoma dowsoni n. sp.
Gavialis sp. Oppel 1811 gharial
Tomistoma dowsoni n. sp. Fourtau 1918 false gharial | |
Aves | |
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Actinopteri | |
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish | |
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Chondrichthyes | |
Myliobatis aff. angustidens eagle ray
Myliobatis aff. meridionalis eagle ray
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray | |
"Sphyrna prisca" = Cestracion prisca
"Sphyrna prisca" = Cestracion prisca Agassiz 1843 bullhead shark | |
Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish |