344369

New Moeritherium material from the Fayum area, Egypt

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, Paleontology, Geochronology.

Abstract

The Fayum province, northeastern Desert Egypt, is considered to be one of the best localities in Africa for studying Eocene – Oligocene vertebrate evolution. It is the richest site for Moeritherium, which consists of extensive cranial and postcranial remains. Moeritherium is an extinct genus of primitive mammals that represents an early stage in the evolution of elephants. The anterior incisors were strongly developed in the upper and lower jaws, representing a stage in the development of the familiar elephant tusks. The Upper Palaeogene succession in the Fayum Province consists of nearshore marine and fluvial Upper Eocene Qasr El Sagha Formation overlain by fluvial Oligocene Jebel Qatrani Formation and Widan El Faras Basalt. This study focuses on a new specimen of Moeritherium from the Fayum depression. During the Eocene, Moeritherium has been reported from Egypt, Algeria, Libya, Mali, Senegal, Ethiopia, and Oman. During the Oligocene, they were reported from Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Ethiopia and Angola. The appearance and disappearance of Moeritherium in Egypt or even Africa is still a big puzzle.

DOI

10.21608/egjg.2024.259489.1067

Keywords

Moeritherium, Eocene, Oligocene, Fayum

Authors

First Name

Andrew

Last Name

Adly

MiddleName

Rafaat

Affiliation

Geology, Science, Suez canal university, Ismailia, Egypt

Email

androwrafaat010@gmail.com

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First Name

Martin

Last Name

Pickford

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Affiliation

Centre de Recherche en Paléontologie - Paris (CR2P) Muséum national dʼHistoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, CP38, 8 rue Buffon, 75005, Paris, France

Email

martin.pickford@mnhn.fr

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Orcid

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First Name

Afifi

Last Name

Sileem

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Egyptian Geological Museum, Cairo, Egypt

Email

afifi.sileem@yahoo.com

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

AbdelGawad

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Affiliation

Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

Email

mkabdelgawad@cu.edu.eg

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Orcid

0000-0002-3229-3800

First Name

Manal

Last Name

Mekawy

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

Email

manalmekawy@hotmail.com

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Orcid

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Volume

68

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

45415

Issue Date

2024-12-01

Receive Date

2024-01-03

Publish Date

2024-12-01

Page Start

47

Page End

56

Print ISSN

0022-1384

Online ISSN

2805-2617

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https://egjg.journals.ekb.eg/article_344369.html

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https://egjg.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=344369

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2,013

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Geology

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https://egjg.journals.ekb.eg/

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New Moeritherium material from the Fayum area, Egypt

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Article

Created At

28 Dec 2024