Where: Egypt (29.6° N, 30.7° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 19.3° N, 32.1° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Qasr el-Sagha Formation, Late/Upper Eocene (37.7 - 33.9 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shale and limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: G. R. Case and H. Cappetta. 1990. The Eocene selachian fauna from the Fayum Depression in Egypt. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 212(Lfg. 1-6):1-30 [J. Kriwet/W. Glaeser]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 62468: authorized by Juergen Kriwet, entered by Wolfgang Glaeser on 20.07.2006, edited by Mark Uhen and Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
| Chondrichthyes | |
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Hemipristis curvatus Dames 1883 ground shark | |
Carcharhinus frequens, Misrichthys stromeri n. gen. n. sp., Galeocerdo sp., Galeocerdo latidens, Rhizoprionodon sp., Abdounia sp., Physogaleus aff. tertius
Carcharhinus frequens Dames 1883 requiem shark
Misrichthys stromeri n. gen. n. sp. requiem shark
Galeocerdo sp. Müller and Henle 1837 tiger shark
Galeocerdo latidens Agassiz 1835 tiger shark
Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929 sharpnose shark
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980 requiem shark
Physogaleus aff. tertius requiem shark | |
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Isurus praecursor Thurmond and Jones 1981 mackerel shark | |
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Alopias aff. alabamensis thresher shark | |
Carcharocles cf. sokolowi, "Cretolamna twiggsensis" = Cretalamna
Carcharocles cf. sokolowi Jakel 1895 mackerel shark
"Cretolamna twiggsensis" = Cretalamna mackerel shark | |
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Odontorhytis pappenheimi Bohm 1926 cartilaginous fish | |
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Anoxypristis aff. mucrodens sawfish
? Pristis fajumensis Stromer 1905 sawfish
Pristis lathami Galeotti 1837 sawfish | |
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Myliobatis "sp. 1" Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
Myliobatis "sp. 2" Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
Aetobatus sp. Blainville 1816 eagle ray
Aetobatus cf. irregularis Agassiz 1843 eagle ray | |
| Mammalia | |
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"Zeuglodon sensitivus n. sp." = Saghacetus osiris1 Dames 1894 whale see Gingerich 1992 for discussion of the type locality of Z. sensitivus
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| Reptilia | |
"Psephophorus eocaenus n. sp." = Egyptemys eocaenus3
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