Underwood 45: Priabonian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Misrichthyes stromeri
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20 specimens | |||||||||
Pseudaetobatis sp.
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2 fragments | |||||||||
? Taeniura sp.
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Hemigaleidae
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Hemipristis sp.
Agassiz 1835
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Negaprion aff. frequens
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Carcharhinus sp.
de Blainville 1816
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Alopiidae
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Alopias sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
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"Carcharias" twiggsensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Torpediniformes
- Narcinidae
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Narcine sp.
Henle 1834
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Pristidae
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? Pristis sp.
Linck 1790
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Pristis sp.
Linck 1790
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Anoxypristis sp.
White and Moy-Thomas 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Rhynchobatidae
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Rhynchobatus sp.
Müller and Henle 1837
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
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Odontorhytis aff. pappenheimi
Bohm 1926
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8 specimens | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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? Pastinachus sp.
Rüppell 1828
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatidae indet.
Bonaparte 1838
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Archaeomanta sp.
Herman 1979
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1 specimen | |||||||||
aff. Burnhamia sp.
Cappetta 1976
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1 specimen | |||||||||
? Eoplinthicus sp.
Cappetta and Stringer 2002
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1 specimen | |||||||||
"Myliobatis" sp.
Cuvier 1816
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sp. 1, sp. 2 | ||||||||||
"Rhinoptera" sp.
Cuvier 1829
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2 specimens | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Egypt |
Coordinates: | 29.3° North, 30.0° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 24.6° North, 25.9° East |
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
Key time interval: | Priabonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 38.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Qasr el-Sagha | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: sandstones 15.5-17 m above shell bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: conglomerate at base of large dune sets | |
Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
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: | 137588 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2012-12-18 04:16:29 | Last modified: | 2012-12-17 11:16:29 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2017-12-18 04:16:29 |
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] |