Fossil Birds from the Oligocene Jebel Qatrani Formation Fayum Province, Egypt

Rasmussen, D. Tab, Storrs L. Olson, and Elwyn L. Simons.Fossil Birds from the Oligocene Jebel Qatrani Formation, Fayum Province, Egypt.Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, number 62, 20 pages, 15 figures, 1986.-Fossilsfrom fluvial deposits of early Oligocene age in Egypt document the earliest known diverse avifauna from Africa, comprising at least 13 families and 18 species.Included are the oldest fossil records of the Musophagidae (turacos), Pandionidae (ospreys), Jacanidae (jacanas), and Balaenicipitidae (shoebilled storks).Other families represented are the Accipitridae (hawks and Fossil Birds from the Oligocene Jebel Qatrani Formation, Fayum Province, Egypt