Sagha Formation

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Sagha Formation

archaeological site, Egypt

Also known as: Qasr El Sagha Formation

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Oligocene
…uncertain affinities, are from the Sagha Formation, which, technically, is latest Eocene in age, but the deposits are continuous. Aegyptopithecus went on to give rise to living catarrhines (Old World monkeys and apes, whose ancestors did not separate until sometime between 29 million and 24 million years ago). The Fayum…
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…uncertain affinities, are from the Sagha Formation, which, technically, is latest Eocene in age, but the deposits are continuous. Aegyptopithecus went on to give rise to living catarrhines (Old World monkeys and apes, whose ancestors did not separate until sometime between 29 million and 24 million years ago). The Fayum…
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