Abstract
In 1907, R. Markgraf made a small collection of Oligocene fossil primates from Egypt for the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart. Circumstances of discovery suggest that this collection came from the same stratigraphic horizon (the Upper Fossil Wood zone) and possibly the same locality as a similar collection made earlier that year byMarkgraf for the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Three new genera and species were described bySchlosser, based on the Stuttgart collection.Parapithecus fraasi Schlosser is a junior synonym ofApidium phiomense Osborn. “Parapithecus“grangeri Simons is placed in the new genusSimonsius. Propliopithecus haeckeli Schlosser andMoeripithecus markgrafi Schlosser have previously been recognized as synonyms. In addition,Aegyptopithecus zeuxis Simons is known from the Upper Fossil Wood zone.
Zusammenfassung
Eine von R.Markgraf 1907 dem Stuttgarter Naturalienkabinett übergebene Sammlung oligozäner Primaten aus Ägypten stammt vermutlich aus dem gleichen stratigraphischen Horizont (“Upper Fossil Wood zone“) und vielleicht auch von derselben Lokalität wie eine von ihm schon vorher an das American Museum of Natural History in New York gegebene Sammlung. Letztere wurde vonOsborn (1908) beschrieben, das Stuttgarter Material vonSchlosser (1910, 1911).Parapithecus fraasi Schlosser ist ein jüngeres Synonym vonApidium phiomense Osborn.Propliopithecus haeckeli Schlosser undMoeripithecus mark-graft Schlosser wurden schon früher als Synonyme erkannt. FürParapithecus grangeri Simons (1974) wird die neue GattungSimonsius aufgestellt. Auch sie stammt aus der “Upper Fossil Wood zone“ (Obergrenze der »fluviatil-marinen« Serie des Fayums). Zwei sichere Vertreter der Hominoidea aus dieser Fundschicht sindPropliopithecus haeckeli Schlosser undAegyptopithecus zeuxis Simons.
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Gingerich, P.D. The stuttgart collection of oligocene primates from the fayum province of Egypt. Paläont. Z. 52, 82–92 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03006731
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