White Mountain Formation (Eocene of Uzbekistan)

Where: Uzbekistan (41.6° N, 65.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 35.5° N, 64.7° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: White Mountain Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine

• phosphorotised oolitic sands

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: G. R. Case, N.I. Udovichenko, L.A. Nessov, A.O. Averianov, and P.D. Borodin. 1996. A Middle Eocene selachian fauna from the White Mountain Formation of the Kizylum Desert, Uzbekistan, C.I.S. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 242(Lfg.4-6):99-126 [J. Kriwet/W. Glaeser/W. Glaeser]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62573: authorized by Juergen Kriwet, entered by Wolfgang Glaeser on 24.07.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Striatolamia macrota
Striatolamia macrota Agassiz 1838 goblin shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias hopei
Carcharias hopei Agassiz 1843 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Carcharocles sokolowi" = Otodus (Carcharocles), "Cretolamna lerichei" = Cretalamna
"Carcharocles sokolowi" = Otodus (Carcharocles) mackerel shark
"Cretolamna lerichei" = Cretalamna mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Jaekelotodus trigonalis, Odontaspis winkleri
Jaekelotodus trigonalis Jackel 1895 sand tiger shark
Odontaspis winkleri Leriche 1905 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus praecursor
Isurus praecursor Thurmond and Jones 1981 mackerel shark
 Orectolobiformes - Rhinocodontidae
Palaeorhincodon wardi
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
"Scyliorhinus gilberti" = Premontreia gilberti
"Scyliorhinus gilberti" = Premontreia gilberti Casier 1946 cat shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus sp.
Galeorhinus sp. de Blainville and Prévost 1816 school shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Abdounia lapierrei, Abdounia recticona, Abdounia beaugei, Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis
Abdounia lapierrei requiem shark
Abdounia recticona requiem shark
Abdounia beaugei Arambourg 1935 requiem shark
Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis Arambourg 1952 sharpnose shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo latidens, Physogaleus sp.
Galeocerdo latidens Agassiz 1835 tiger shark
Physogaleus sp. Cappetta 1980 ground shark
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina cf. prima
Squatina cf. prima Winkler 1874 angel shark
 Squaliformes - Dalatiidae
Isistius trituratus
Isistius trituratus Winkler 1874 shark
 Squaliformes - Squalidae
Squalus sp.
Squalus sp. Linnaeus 1758 dogfish shark
 Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus cf. vincenti
Heterodontus cf. vincenti Leriche 1905 bullhead shark
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Notorhynchus cf. primigenius
Notorhynchus cf. primigenius Agassiz 1835 sevengill shark
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis sp., Anoxypristis sp., Aktaua kizylkumensis n. gen. n. sp.
Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish
Anoxypristis sp. White and Moy-Thomas 1941 sawfish
Aktaua kizylkumensis n. gen. n. sp. sawfish
 Myliobatiformes - Rhinopteridae
Rhinoptera cf. sherborni
Rhinoptera cf. sherborni White 1926 cownose ray
 Myliobatiformes -
Coupatezia woutersi
Coupatezia woutersi Cappetta 1982 stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Burnhamia daviesi, Archaeomanta melenhorsti, Aetobatus cf. irregularis, Myliobatis sp.
Burnhamia daviesi Woodward 1889 eagle ray
Archaeomanta melenhorsti Herman 1979 eagle ray
Aetobatus cf. irregularis Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Glikmania tamdyensa n. gen. n. sp., Dasyatis sp.
Glikmania tamdyensa n. gen. n. sp. whiptail stingray
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray
 Myliobatiformes -
Hypolophodon sp.
Hypolophodon sp. Cappetta 1980 stingray
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatos steurbauti
Rhinobatos steurbauti Cappetta and Nolf 1981 guitarfish