Underwood 26 (Eocene of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (29.3° N, 30.0° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 19.0° N, 31.6° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Birket Qarun Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• 1-3 m above Camp White layer

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; sandstone

• open marine mudstones

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ)

Primary reference: C. J. Underwood, D. J. Ward, C. King, S. M. Antar, I. S. Zalmout and P. D. Gingerich. 2011. Shark and ray faunas in the Middle and Late Eocene of the Fayum Area, Egypt. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 122(1):47-66 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 137564: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.12.2012

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Moerogaleus vitreodon, ? Taeniura sp.
Chondrichthyes
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Triakidae indet.
Triakidae indet. Gray 1851 hound shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Leptochariidae
Leptocharias sp.
Leptocharias sp. Müller and Henle 1837 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis sp.
Hemipristis sp. Agassiz 1835 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Negaprion aff. frequens, Rhizoprionodon sp., Abdounia sp.
Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929 sharpnose shark
or Sphyrna sp.
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980 requiem shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Crassescyliorhinus sp.
Crassescyliorhinus sp. Underwood and Ward 2008 cat shark
 Orectolobiformes - Stegostomatidae
? Stegostoma sp.
? Stegostoma sp. Mueller and Henle 1838 carpet shark
 Euselachii -
Odontorhytis aff. pappenheimi
Odontorhytis aff. pappenheimi Bohm 1926 elasmobranch
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina sp.
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806 angel shark
 Torpediniformes - Narcinidae
Narcine sp.
Narcine sp. Henle 1834 numbfish
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Hexanchus sp.
Hexanchus sp. Rafinesque 1810 sixgill shark
 Rhinopristiformes - Rhynchobatidae
Rhynchobatus sp.
Rhynchobatus sp. Müller and Henle 1837 wedgefish
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Anoxypristis sp.
Anoxypristis sp. White and Moy-Thomas 1941 sawfish
 Rajiformes - Platyrhinidae
? Platyrhinoidis sp.
? Platyrhinoidis sp. Garman 1880 guitarfish
 Myliobatiformes - Rhinopteridae
"Rhinoptera" sp.
"Rhinoptera" sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray
 Myliobatiformes -
Coupatezia sp., aff. Coupatezia sp.
Coupatezia sp. Cappetta 1982 stingray
aff. Coupatezia sp. Cappetta 1982 stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatidae indet., Neotrygon sp.
Dasyatidae indet. Jordan 1888 whiptail stingray
Neotrygon sp. Castelnau 1873 whiptail stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Gymnuridae
? Himantura sp., Ouledia sp., Gymnura sp.
? Himantura sp. Müller and Henle 1837 stingray
Ouledia sp. Cappetta 1986 stingray
Gymnura sp. Van Hasselt 1823 stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
"Myliobatis" sp., Lophobatis sp., aff. Burnhamia sp.
"Myliobatis" sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
sp. 1, sp. 2
Lophobatis sp. Cappetta 1986 eagle ray
aff. Burnhamia sp. Cappetta 1976 eagle ray