Where: Egypt (29.3° N, 30.0° E: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 25.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Qasr el-Sagha Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• conglomerate at base of large dune sets
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; conglomerate
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk
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 137582: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Ouledia sp. Cappetta 1986 stingray | |
aff. Burnhamia sp. Cappetta 1976 eagle ray
"Rhinoptera" sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray | |
Dasyatidae indet. Jordan 1888 whiptail stingray
? Pastinachus sp. Rüppell 1828 whiptail stingray | |
Coupatezia sp. Cappetta 1982 stingray
aff. Coupatezia sp. Cappetta 1982 stingray | |
Torpedo sp. Houttuyn 1764 torpedo | |
Narcine sp. Henle 1834 numbfish | |
Odontorhytis aff. pappenheimi Bohm 1926 elasmobranch | |
Pristidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 sawfish
? Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish
Pristis lathami Galeotti 1837 sawfish | |
Rhynchobatus sp. Müller and Henle 1837 wedgefish | |
Nebrius sp. Rüppell 1837 nurse shark | |
Hemipristis sp. Agassiz 1835 ground shark | |
Physogaleus sp., Rhizoprionodon sp., Carcharhinus sp., Negaprion aff. frequens, Negaprion ? amekiensis
Physogaleus sp. Cappetta 1980 requiem shark
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
Negaprion aff. frequens lemon shark
Negaprion ? amekiensis lemon shark | |
Galeocerdo sp. Müller and Henle 1837 tiger shark | |
Crassescyliorhinus sp. Underwood and Ward 2008 cat shark |