Where: Egypt (29.3° N, 30.1° E: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 26.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Gehannam Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• mudstones ?equivalent to sandstones above Camp White Layer
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk
• specimens from Basilosaurus excavation
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 137569: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Pristiophorus sp. Bleeker 1859 saw shark | |
Hexanchus sp. Rafinesque 1810 sixgill shark | |
Triakis sp. Müller and Henle 1838 hound shark | |
Leptocharias sp. Müller and Henle 1837 ground shark | |
Hemipristis sp. Agassiz 1835 ground shark | |
Scyliorhinidae indet. Gill 1862 cat shark
Crassescyliorhinus sp. Underwood and Ward 2008 cat shark
Megascyliorhinus sp. Cappetta and Ward 1977 cat shark
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980 cat shark | |
Galeocerdo sp. Müller and Henle 1837 tiger shark | |
Physogaleus sp. Cappetta 1980 requiem shark
Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929 sharpnose shark
Negaprion aff. frequens lemon shark
Negaprion ? amekiensis lemon shark | |
Chiloscyllium sp. Müller and Henle 1837 carpet shark | |
Nebrius sp. Rüppell 1837 nurse shark | |
Carcharocles sokolovi mackerel shark | |
Narcine sp. Henle 1834 numbfish | |
Pristidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 sawfish
? Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish | |
Odontorhytis aff. pappenheimi Bohm 1926 elasmobranch | |
Neotrygon sp. Castelnau 1873 whiptail stingray | |
? Burnhamia sp. Cappetta 1976 eagle ray
"Rhinoptera" sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray | |
Ouledia sp. Cappetta 1986 stingray
Gymnura sp. Van Hasselt 1823 stingray |