EARLY OLIGOCENE HYRACOIDEA (MAMMALIA) FROM THAYTINITI AND TAQAH, DHOFAR PROVINCE, SULTANATE OF OMAN

Authors
PICKFORD M THOMAS H SEN S ROGER J GHEERBRANT E ALSULAIMANI Z
Citation
M. Pickford et al., EARLY OLIGOCENE HYRACOIDEA (MAMMALIA) FROM THAYTINITI AND TAQAH, DHOFAR PROVINCE, SULTANATE OF OMAN, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie 2, Mecanique, physique, chimie, sciences de l'univers, sciences de la terre, 318(10), 1994, pp. 1395-1400
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie 2, Mecanique, physique, chimie, sciences de l'univers, sciences de la terre → ACNP
ISSN journal
07644450
Volume
318
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Part
2
Pages
1395 - 1400
Database
ISI
SICI code
0764-4450(1994)318:10<1395:EOH(FT>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The fossils reported here were collected from the sites of Thaytiniti and Taqah, Oman. They comprise the first known Palaeogene hyracoids fr om the Arabian Peninsula. Three (or four) species are represented in t he collections, cf. Saghatherium bowni, Thyrohyrax meyeri and two unid entified medium sized brachyodont species (? Megalohyrax sp.) similar to undescribed fossils from Quarry L 41 Fayum, Egypt. Comparisons of h yracoids from Oman and Egypt indicate that the Omani sites correlate c losely with Faunal Zone 1 of the Fayum. This in turn indicates that al l four faunal zones of the Fayum are Oligocene in age.