New Records of Terrestrial Mammals from the Upper Eocene Qasr El Sagha Formation, Fayum Depression, Egypt
NEW RECORDS OF TERRESTRIAL MAMMALS FROM THE UPPER EOCENE QASR EL SAGHA FORMATION, FAYUM DEPRESSION, EGYPT by 1 2 Patricia A. HOLROYD , Elwyn L. SIMONS , Thomas M. BOWN 3, Paul D. POLLY 4 & Mary J. KRAUS 5 CONTENTS Page Abstract, Resume . 176 Introduction . 176 Geology and locality infonnation . 177 Age and correlations of the Qasr El Sagha Formation . 180 Systematic paleontology . 181 cf. Bothriogenys sp. 181 Pliohyracid, gen. sp. indet. 182 Apterodt>n ANDREWS, 1904 . 183 cf. Hyaenodon brachycephalus . 184 Barytherium cf. B. grave ANDREWS, 1901 . 184 Moeritherium yonsi ANDREWS, 1901 . 185 Conclusions . 188 Acknowledgments . 189 References . 189 Legends of plates . 192 1 Musewn of Paleontology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, U.S.A. 2 Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy and Duke University Primate Center, 3705 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27705, U.S.A. 3 United States Geological Survey, MS 919, Denver, CO 80225, U.S.A. 4 Musewn of Paleontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, :MI 48109, U.S.A. 5 Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, U.S.A. Key-words: Fossil mammals, Eocene, Egypt, Qasr el Sagha Formation. Mots-des: Mammiferes fossiles, Eocene, Egypte, Formation Qasr el Sagha. Palaeovertebrata, Montpellier, Vol. jubil. D.E. Russell (M. Godinot & P.D. Gingerich Eds.), 25 (2-4): 17>-192, I fig .. 3 pl. (R~u le6 Octobre 1995, accepte le 15 Octobre 1996, publie le 16 Decembre 1996) ABSTRACf New records of terrestrial mammals from the Qasr el Sagha Formation, Fayum Depression, Egypt are reported, and the stratigraphic occmrences of these fossils noted.
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