Km55: Priabonian, Egypt

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
? Sphyrna sp. Rafinesque 1810
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816
or Negaprion sp,
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Scyliorhinus sp. Blainville 1816
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Rhinopteridae
Rhinopteridae indet. Jordan and Evermann 1896
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes
Coupatezia sp. Cappetta 1982
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Gymnuridae
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatidae indet. Jordan 1888
Pastinachus sp. Rüppell 1828
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristidae indet. Bonaparte 1838
Chondrichthyes
see common names

Geography
Country:Egypt
Coordinates: 28.8° North, 29.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:18.6° North, 30.7° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Priabonian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 3
Key time interval: Priabonian
Age range of interval: 37.71 - 33.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Qasr El Sagha
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandy mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: sandy mudstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:145984
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-06-14 06:11:39 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2013-06-14 06:11:39
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
47185. S. Adnet, H. Cappetta, S. Elnahas and A. Strougo. 2011. A new Priabonian Chondrichthyans assemblage from the Western desert, Egypt: Correlation with the Fayum oasis. Journal of African Earth Sciences 61:27-37 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]