Ptolemaia is a genus of extinct Afrotherian mammals from the Oligocene of East Africa.[1] The genus and type species, P. lyonsi, was described by Henry Fairfield Osborn in 1908 from the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypts' Fayum Depression. The genus name alludes to the Ptolemaic dynasty of Ancient Greece which ruled over the Egyptian region where Ptolemaia was discovered, while the specific epithet lyonsi honors H. G. Lyons, then director of the Egyptian Geological Survey.[2] A second species, P. grangeri, was described in 1987, and named after the early 20th century paleontologist Walter W. Granger.[3] Fossils of P. grangeri are also known from Kenya.[4]
^Simons EL, Bown TM (1995). "Ptolemaiida, a new order of Mammalia–with description of the cranium of Ptolemaia grangeri". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 92 (8): 3269–73. Bibcode:1995PNAS...92.3269S. doi:10.1073/pnas.92.8.3269. PMC 42147. PMID 11607526.
^Osborn, H. F. (1908). "New fossil mammals from the Fayum Oligocene, Egypt". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 24: 265–272.
^Bown, Thomas M.; Simons, Elwyn L. (1987). "New Oligocene Ptolemaiidae (Mammalia: ?Pantolesta) from the Jebel Qatrani Formation, Fayum Depression, Egypt". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 7 (3): 311–324. Bibcode:1987JVPal...7..311B. doi:10.1080/02724634.1987.10011662. JSTOR 4523148.
^Miller, Ellen R.; Rasmussen, D. Tab; Kappelman, John; Friscia, Anthony R.; Muteti, Samuel N.; Gutierrez, Mercedes (2015). "Ptolemaia from West Turkana, Kenya". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 56 (1): 81–88. doi:10.3374/014.056.0105. S2CID 131444959.
Ptolemaia is a genus of extinct Afrotherian mammals from the Oligocene of East Africa. The genus and type species, P. lyonsi, was described by Henry Fairfield...
be a primate, but, later, when elongated skulls with long canines of Ptolemaia and Qarunavus were found, they were then thought to be hyaenodontids,...
uncertain location. In Delos, Ptolemy established a festival, called the Ptolemaia in 249 BC, which advertised continued Ptolemaic investment and involvement...
title of the Priest of Alexander the Great in Alexandria, who led the Ptolemaia festival and whose name and titulary was used to name the year in all...
Syrian war. Ptolemaic Egypt had a dynastic cult, which centred on the Ptolemaia festival and the annual priest of Alexander the Great, whose full title...
Menelaus, king of Sparta. The acronycal rising marked the date of the Ptolemaia festival in Egypt. In ancient India, it was named Agastya after the revered...
the 13th phyle Ptolemais and establishing a religious cult called the Ptolemaia. Hellenistic Athens also saw the rise of New Comedy and the Hellenistic...
protocones, very large paracones and large metacones. Unlike the similar genus Ptolemaia, the premolars 3 and 4 do not possess parastyles. These premolars would...
religious festival in honour of the Ptolemaic royal family called the Ptolemaia at which gymnastic competitions were held. Political infighting at the...
III and Berenice II were worshipped as gods, including a festival, the Ptolemaia. The centre of the cult was the Ptolemaion, which also served as the gymnasium...
Ptolemy X. Ptolemaic Egypt had a dynastic cult, which centred on the Ptolemaia festival and the annual priest of Alexander the Great, whose full title...
leather handicrafts. The most notable industrial activity is the very large Ptolemaia-Florina lignite mine. Its university changed in 2002 from being a branch...
"Ptolemaiida, a new order of Mammalia--with description of the cranium of Ptolemaia grangeri". PNAS. 92 (8): 3269–73. Bibcode:1995PNAS...92.3269S. doi:10...
Julius Caesar and Augustus time. The Lageion was constructed during the Ptolemaia and was first mentioned by Polybius, who described it as a theater. Records...
Kingdom. During this period, a festival in honour of the Ptolemies, the Ptolemaia, was instituted, and public documents produced by the city were dated...
hegemony of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, and the games were renamed as Sotēria Ptolemaia (Σωτήρια Πτολεμαῖα) and Philadelphia (Φιλαδέλφεια) in honour of Ptolemy...
Simons & Gingerich 1974 Genus †Cleopatrodon Bown & Simons 1987 Genus †Ptolemaia Osborn 1908 non McCutcheon & Wilson 1961 Family †Plesiorycteropodidae...
description of the Grand Procession organised by Ptolemy II at one of the Ptolemaia festivals of the 270s BC. Both testimonies seem to refer to associations...
"Ptolemaiida, a new order of Mammalia--with description of the cranium of Ptolemaia grangeri". Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 92 (8): 3269–73. Bibcode:1995PNAS....
Copenhagen: H. Hagerup. Šimek, Emanuel (1953). Velká Germanie Klaudia Ptolemaia. Nákladem filosofické fakulty university Karlovy. Wikimedia Commons has...
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