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)
• sandstones 2-6 m above shell bed
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: 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 137584: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
Negaprion ? amekiensis lemon shark | |
"Rhinoptera" sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray | |
Myliobatidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 eagle ray | |
Propristis sp. sawfish |