Zeuglodon Valley (Eocene to of Egypt)
Where: Egypt (29.3° N, 30.2° E: paleocoordinates 23.2° N, 25.5° E)
When: Gar Gehannam Formation, Middle Eocene to Middle Eocene (47.8 - 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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Isurus praecursor Thurmond and Jones 1981 mackerel shark | |
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Carcharocles cf. sokolowi mackerel shark
Cretolamna twiggsensis mackerel shark | |
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Alopias aff. alabamensis thresher shark | |
Misrichthys stromeri n. gen. n. sp., Rhizoprionodon sp., Abdounia sp., Physogaleus aff. tertius, Carcharhinus "sp. 1", Carcharhinus "sp. 2"
Misrichthys stromeri n. gen. n. sp. requiem shark
Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929 sharpnose shark
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980 requiem shark
Physogaleus aff. tertius requiem shark
Carcharhinus "sp. 1" de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
Carcharhinus "sp. 2" de Blainville 1816 requiem shark | |
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Hemipristis curvatus Dames 1883 ground shark | |
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Odontorhytis pappenheimi Bohm 1926 elasmobranch | |
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Propristis schweinfurthi Priem 1897 sawfish | |
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Myliobatis "sp. 1" Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
Myliobatis "sp. 2" Cuvier 1816 eagle ray | |