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