Where: Senegal (15.3° N, 13.0° W: paleocoordinates 10.7° N, 17.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Matam Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• ? Lower Ypresian
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; brown phosphorite
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: B. S. Sambou, R. Sarr, L. Hautier, H. Cappetta, and S. Adnet. 2017. The selachian fauna (sharks and rays) of the phosphate series of Ndendouri-Ouali Diala (Matam, Western Senegal): Dating and paleoenvironmental interests. Neus Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen 283(2):205-219 [R. Davis/R. Davis/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 209379: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.05.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
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"Cretolamna" aschersoni mackerel shark | |
Physogaleus secundus Winkler 1876 requiem shark
Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929 sharpnose shark | |
Foumtizia sp. Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 cat shark
Scyliorhinus sp. Blainville 1816 cat shark | |
Triakis sp. Müller and Henle 1838 hound shark | |
Orectolobiformes indet. Applegate 1972 carpet shark | |
Squatiscyllium sp. Cappetta 1980 wobbegong | |
Ginglymostoma sp. Müller and Henle 1838 nurse shark
Ginglymostoma angolense Dartevelle and Casier 1943 nurse shark
Nebrius blanckenhorni nurse shark
Protoginglymostoma sp. Herman and Crochard 1977 nurse shark | |
Chiloscyllium sp. Müller and Henle 1837 carpet shark | |
Odontorhytis sp. Bohm 1926 elasmobranch | |
Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790 guitarfish | |
Ouledia sp. Cappetta 1986 stingray | |
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
Aetomylaeus sp. Garman 1908 eagle ray | |
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Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray
Garabatis atlasi Cappetta 1993 cow-nosed ray | |
Dasyatoidea indet. Whitley 1940 stingray
Coupatezia sp. Cappetta 1982 stingray
Arechia sp. Cappetta 1983 stingray | |
Aetobatus sp. Blainville 1816 stingray | |
Rhynchobatus sp. Müller and Henle 1837 wedgefish | |
Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish
Anoxypristis sp. White and Moy-Thomas 1941 sawfish |