Also known as Qattara Depression, Minqar Tabaghbagh
Where: Egypt (29.2° N, 27.4° E: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 23.5° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Daba'a Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• early Priabonian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal; poorly lithified, fine-grained, gray sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: H. J. van Vliet and G. A. el Khair. 2010. A new Eocene marine mammal site in the Qattara depression (Egypt). Cainozoic Research 7(1-2):73-77 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 96952: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Xiphioidei indet. Swainson 1839 perch-like fish | |
Mammalia | |
Dorudon atrox Andrews 1906 whale
Basilosaurus isis Andrews 1904 whale | |
Sirenia indet. Illiger 1811 sirenian | |
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Reptilia | |
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia Owen 1842 crocodilian | |
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Gnathostomata | |
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish | |
Chondrichthyes | |
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"Aetobatis sp." = Aetobatus
"Aetobatis sp." = Aetobatus Blainville 1816 stingray | |
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Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish | |
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Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sand shark | |
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"Carcharocles auriculatus" = Carcharodon auriculatus Blainville 1818 white shark
Isurus praecursor Thurmond and Jones 1981 mackerel shark | |
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Rhizoprionodon sp.1, Negaprion fequens1, Negaprion sp.1, Carcharhinus sp., Misrichthys stromeri1, Abdounia aff. minutissima1, Physogaleus sp.1
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark | |
Galeocerdo sp. Müller and Henle 1837 tiger shark | |
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unclassified | |
Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754 | |
Echinoidea | |
Conoclypeus sp. Davies sea urchin | |
Cephalopoda | |
Aturia sp. Bronn 1838 | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Anthozoa | |
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834 |