Zeuglodon Valley (Eocene to of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (29.3° N, 30.2° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 17.6° N, 31.8° E (Wright 2013)

When: Gar Gehannam Formation, Middle Eocene to Middle Eocene (48.1 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine

• Gypseous shales and marls with levels of limestone in the middle of the serious.

Collection methods: Macro- and mesofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62459: authorized by Juergen Kriwet, entered by Wolfgang Glaeser on 20.07.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Propristis schweinfurthi
Propristis schweinfurthi Priem 1897 sawfish
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis "sp. 1", Myliobatis "sp. 2"
Myliobatis "sp. 1" Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
Myliobatis "sp. 2" Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Rhizoprionodon sp., Carcharhinus "sp. 1", Carcharhinus "sp. 2", Abdounia sp., Misrichthys stromeri n. gen. n. sp., Physogaleus aff. tertius
Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929 sharpnose shark
Carcharhinus "sp. 1" de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
Carcharhinus "sp. 2" de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980 requiem shark
Misrichthys stromeri n. gen. n. sp. requiem shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis curvatus
Hemipristis curvatus Dames 1883 ground shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Carcharocles cf. sokolowi, "Cretolamna twiggsensis" = Cretalamna
Carcharocles cf. sokolowi Jakel 1895 mackerel shark
"Cretolamna twiggsensis" = Cretalamna mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus praecursor
Isurus praecursor Thurmond and Jones 1981 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias aff. alabamensis
 Euselachii -
Odontorhytis pappenheimi
Odontorhytis pappenheimi Bohm 1926 elasmobranch