A Lower Miocene mammalian fauna from Siwa, Egypt

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A Lower Miocene mammalian fauna from Siwa, Egypt

  • Volume / Part: 16 / 2
  • Publication Date: June 1973
  • Page(s): 275 - 281
  • Authored By: W. R. Hamilton

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A small collection of fossil vertebrates from the Siwa area of Egypt is described. This fauna includes five mammalian genera—a creodont, a cetacean—Schizodelphis off. sulcatus, a proboscidean—Gomphotherium angus-tidens, a rhinoceros—Brachypotherntm snowi, and an anthracothere—Brachyodus africanus; fish and reptiles are also present. This fauna is important as it agrees with the mammalian faunas of Moghara, Egypt, and Gebel Zelten, Libya, which are both early Miocene in age.

Palaeontology - Volume 16 Part 2 Pages 275-281



Palaeontology - Volume 16 Part 2 Pages 275-281

Citations

HAMILTON, W. R. 1973. A Lower Miocene mammalian fauna from Siwa, Egypt. Palaeontology, 16, 2, 275–281.