El Argoub, south B2: Priabonian, Western Sahara
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Basilosauridae
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Basilosauridae indet.
Cope 1867
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Basilosaurus sp.
Harlan 1834
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Field et al. 2011 | |||||||||
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Dorudon sp.
Gibbes 1845
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Field et al. 2011 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Protosirenidae
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Dakhlasiren marocensis n. gen., n. sp.
Zouhri et al. 2022
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Zouhri et al. 2022 | |||||||||
| it is not clear exactly where this specimen was found, but near this collection locatlity | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Acanthopteri
- Sphyraenidae
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Sphyraena sp.
Artedi 1793
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Actinopteri
- Scombriformes
- Trichiuridae
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Trichiurides sp.
Winkler 1874
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Chondrichthyes
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Odontorhytis sp.
Bohm 1926
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rhinobatidae
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Rhinobatos sp.
Link 1790
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Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Pristidae
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Propristis schweinfurthi
Priem 1897
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Pristis cf. lathami
Galeotti 1837
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Anoxypristis sp.
White and Moy-Thomas 1941
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Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Rhynchobatidae
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Rhynchobatus sp.
Müller and Henle 1837
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Triakidae
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Galeorhinus sp.
de Blainville and Prévost 1816
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Galeocerdidae
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Galeocerdo sp.
Müller and Henle 1837
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Galeocerdo cf. eaglesomei
White 1926
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Sphyrnidae
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Sphyrna sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Scyliorhinidae
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Scyliorhinus sp.
Blainville 1816
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Abdounia sp.
Cappetta 1980
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Hemigaleidae
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Hemipristis curvatus
Dames 1883
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Paragaleus sp.
Budker 1935
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Rhizoprionodon sp.
Whitley 1929
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Carcharhinus sp.
de Blainville 1816
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Carcharhinus frequens
(Dames 1883)
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Physogaleus sp.
Cappetta 1980
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Misrichthys stromeri
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Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Ginglymostomatidae
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Nebrius cf. obliquus
(Leidy 1877)
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| recombined as Ginglymostoma obliquum | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Alopiidae
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Alopias aff. alabamensis
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
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Carcharias sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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"Cretolamna" twiggsensis
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Otodus cf. sokolovi
Zhelezko and Kozlov 1999
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Macrorhizodus praecursor
(Leriche 1905)
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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Dasyatis sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Rhinoptera sp.
Cuvier 1829
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Myliobatis sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Mobula sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Aetobatidae
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Aetobatus cf. irregularis
(Agassiz 1843)
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Geography
| Country: | Western Sahara |
| Coordinates: | 23.4° North, 16.0° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 21.4° North, 19.1° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Priabonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | pebbly sandstone |
| Lithology description: conglomeratic sandstone | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 96688 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-06-25 12:29:31 | Last modified: | 2019-01-07 15:53:20 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-06-25 12:29:31 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 32948. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 38455 | D. Field, R. Racicot, and M. D. Uhen. 2011. A new marine tetrapod assemblage from the Eocene of Western Sahara. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Abstracts:108-109 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 36627 | D. J. Field, R. A. Racicot, and M. D. Uhen. 2011. A new marine tetrapod assemblage from the Eocene of Western Sahara. Sixth Triennial Conference on Secondary Adaptation of Tetrapods to Life in Water 28 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 52929 | S. Zouhri, P. D. Gingerich, M. Rahali, N. Elboudali, and S. Sebti. 2014. New cetacean and sirenian faunas and sea level change in the Samlat Formation, Upper Eocene, near Ad-Dakhla in southwestern Morocco. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 261 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 80992 | S. Zouhri, I. S. Zalmout, and P. D. Gingerich. 2022. New protosirenid (Mammalia, Sirenia) in the late Eocene sea cow assemblage of southwestern Morocco. Journal of African Earth Sciences 189(104516) [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |