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 | |
Odontorhytis pappenheimi Bohm 1926 elasmobranch | |
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 | |
Anoxypristis aff. mucrodens sawfish
Pristis lathami Galeotti 1837 sawfish
? Pristis fajumensis Stromer 1905 sawfish | |
Isurus praecursor Thurmond and Jones 1981 mackerel shark | |
"Cretolamna twiggsensis" = Cretalamna, Carcharocles cf. sokolowi
"Cretolamna twiggsensis" = Cretalamna mackerel shark
Carcharocles cf. sokolowi Jakel 1895 mackerel shark | |
Alopias aff. alabamensis thresher shark | |
Galeocerdo sp. Müller and Henle 1837 tiger shark
Galeocerdo latidens Agassiz 1835 tiger shark | |
Hemipristis curvatus Dames 1883 ground shark | |
Abdounia sp., Carcharhinus frequens, Physogaleus aff. tertius, Rhizoprionodon sp., Misrichthys stromeri n. gen. n. sp.
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980 requiem shark
Carcharhinus frequens Dames 1883 requiem shark
Physogaleus aff. tertius requiem shark
Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929 sharpnose shark
Misrichthys stromeri n. gen. n. sp. requiem shark | |
Reptilia | |
"Psephophorus eocaenus n. sp." = Egyptemys eocaenus3
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Mammalia | |
"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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