Quarry O: Rupelian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Anthracotheriidae
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Bothriogenys fraasi
(Schmidt 1913)
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Sallam et al. 2016 | |||||||||
| DPC 10616 | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Clupeiformes
- Clupeoidei
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Chasmoclupea aegyptica n. gen., n. sp.
Murray et al. 2005
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Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 29.7° North, 30.6° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 26.3° North, 27.3° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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 | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: from the upper part of the formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
| Lithology description: fish specimen is preserved in (hard) matrix consisting of "sand grains of one to several millimeters in diameter" | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
| Geology comments: "riverine" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: DPC collection | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 108833 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-05-07 14:40:47 | Last modified: | 2011-05-07 00:40:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-05-07 14:40:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35990. | A. M. Murray, E. L. Simons, and Y. S. Attia. 2005. A new clupeid fish (Clupeomorpha) from the Oligocene of Fayum, Egypt, with notes on some other fossil clupeomorphs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(2):300-308 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 60816 | H. M. Sallam, A. H. Sileem, E. R. Miller and G. F. Gunnell. 2016. Deciduous dentition and dental eruption sequence of Bothriogenys fraasi (Anthracotheriidae, Artiodactyla) from the Fayum Depression, Egypt. Palaeontologia Electronica 19(3):38A:1-20 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |