List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Moerogaleus vitreodon
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Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Pristidae
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Pristidae indet.
Bonaparte 1838
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Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Rhynchobatidae
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Rhynchobatus sp.
Müller and Henle 1837
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Galeocerdidae
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Galeocerdo sp.
Müller and Henle 1837
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Scyliorhinidae
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Abdounia sp.
Cappetta 1980
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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cf. Carcharhinus sp.
de Blainville 1816
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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Dasyatis sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 29.0° North, 30.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 22.2° North, 25.3° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Midawara | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: thin glauconitic seam ?35 m below top of Formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | glauconitic sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: alternating glauconitic sandstones, mudstones and micitic and bioclastic limestones (e.g. Strougo, 2008). At least one thick and several thin glauconitic units are present and it is these that contain the rich vertebrate faunas | |
| Environment: | open shallow subtidal |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 137536 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-12-18 02:36:54 | Last modified: | 2012-12-17 11:20:47 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2017-12-18 02:36:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 43835. | 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] |