Qasr el-Sagha: Late/Upper Eocene, Egypt

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis informal sp. 1 Cuvier 1816
Myliobatis informal sp. 2 Cuvier 1816
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
Aetobatus sp. Blainville 1816
Aetobatus cf. irregularis (Agassiz 1843)
Chondrichthyes
Odontorhytis pappenheimi Bohm 1926
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Anoxypristis aff. mucrodens
Pristis lathami Galeotti 1837
? Pristis fajumensis Stromer 1905
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Physogaleus aff. tertius
Misrichthys stromeri n. gen., n. sp.
Carcharhinus frequens (Dames 1883)
Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis curvatus Dames 1883
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo sp. Müller and Henle 1837
Galeocerdo latidens (Agassiz 1835)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus praecursor Thurmond and Jones 1981
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias aff. alabamensis
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Carcharocles cf. sokolowi
Cretolamna twiggsensis
Mammalia - Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Dorudon osiris (Dames 1894)
Kellogg 1936
recombined as Saghacetus osiris
Zeuglodon sensitivus n. sp. Dart 1923
Dart 1923 1 specimen
synonym of Saghacetus osiris
see Gingerich 1992 for discussion of the type locality of Z. sensitivus
Reptilia - Testudines - Dermochelyidae
Psephophorus eocaenus n. sp. Andrews 1901
Wood et al. 1996
recombined as Egyptemys eocaenus
see common names

Geography
Country:Egypt
Coordinates: 29.6° North, 30.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.9° North, 26.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Late/Upper Eocene
Age range of interval:37.20000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Qasr el-Sagha
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Secondary lithology: "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Alternating shales and limestones with sands and sandstones in the upper part.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:62468
Authorizer:J. Kriwet, E. Vlachos, M. Uhen Enterer:W. Glaeser, E. Vlachos, M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen
Created:2006-07-20 08:42:32 Last modified:2015-04-08 15:05:35
Access level:the public Released:2006-07-20 08:42:32
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

18016. 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]

Secondary references:

11956 R. A. Dart. 1923. The brain of the Zeuglodontidae (Cetacea). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 42(33):615-654 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
8335 R. Kellogg. 1936. A Review of the Archaeoceti. Carnegie Institution of Washington 482:1-366 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
63701 R. C. Wood, J. Johnson-Gove, E. S. Gaffney and K. F. Maley. 1996. Evolution and Phylogeny of Leatherback Turtles (Dermochelyidae), with Descriptions of New Fossil Taxa. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 2(2):266-286 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]