Where: Western Sahara (23.4° N, 16.0° W: paleocoordinates 21.4° N, 19.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Gerran Member (Samlat Formation), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• fossils found in unit 2 of 3; tentatively identified as the Gerran Member of the Samlat Formation
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; pebbly sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: S. Adnet, H. Cappetta, and R. Tabuce. 2010. A Middle–Late Eocene vertebrate fauna (marine fish and mammals) from southwestern Morocco; preliminary report: age and palaeobiogeographical implications. Geological Magazine 147(6):860-870 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 96686: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 25.06.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
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Basilosauridae indet. Cope 1867 whale
Dorudon cf. atrox Andrews 1906 whale
Basilosaurus cf. isis Andrews 1904 whale | |
Actinopteri | |
Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793 barracuda | |
Trichiurides sp. Winkler 1874 | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Xiphodolamia serrata Adnet et al. 2009 elasmobranch | |
Aturobatis sp. Adnet 2006 stingray | |
Ouledia sp. Cappetta 1986 stingray
Himantura sp. Müller and Henle 1837 stingray
Gymnura sp. Van Hasselt 1823 stingray | |
Aetobatus cf. irregularis Agassiz 1843 stingray | |
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
Mobula sp. Rafinesque 1810 devil ray
Burnhamia sp. Cappetta 1976 eagle ray
Archaeomanta sp. Herman 1979 eagle ray
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray
Garabatis sp. cow-nosed ray | |
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray | |
cf. Narcine sp. Henle 1834 numbfish | |
Odontorhytis sp. Bohm 1926 elasmobranch | |
Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790 guitarfish | |
Pristis cf. lathami Galeotti 1837 sawfish
Propristis schweinfurthi Priem 1897 sawfish
Anoxypristis sp. White and Moy-Thomas 1941 sawfish | |
Rhynchobatus sp. Müller and Henle 1837 wedgefish | |
Macrorhizodus praecursor Leriche 1905 mackerel shark | |
Otodus cf. sokolovi Zhelezko and Kozlov 1999 mackerel shark | |
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sand shark | |
Alopias aff. alabamensis thresher shark | |
Chiloscyllium sp. Müller and Henle 1837 carpet shark | |
Nebrius cf. obliquus Leidy 1877 nurse shark | |
Hemipristis curvatus Dames 1883 ground shark
Paragaleus sp. Budker 1935 ground shark | |
Misrichthys stromeri requiem shark
Physogaleus sp. Cappetta 1980 requiem shark
Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929 sharpnose shark
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
Carcharhinus frequens Dames 1883 requiem shark | |
Galeocerdo sp. Müller and Henle 1837 tiger shark
Galeocerdo cf. eaglesomei White 1926 tiger shark | |
Scyliorhinus sp. Blainville 1816 cat shark
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980 cat shark | |
Sphyrna sp. Rafinesque 1810 hammerhead shark | |
Galeorhinus sp. de Blainville and Prévost 1816 school shark |