Where: Egypt (28.8° N, 29.1° E: paleocoordinates 24.2° N, 25.1° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Qasr El Sagha Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandy mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 145984: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.06.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Chondrichthyes | |
"Rhinopteridae indet." = Rhinopterinae
"Rhinopteridae indet." = Rhinopterinae Jordan and Evermann 1896 cow-nosed ray | |
Coupatezia sp. Cappetta 1982 stingray | |
Dasyatidae indet. Jordan 1888 whiptail stingray
Pastinachus sp. Rüppell 1828 whiptail stingray | |
Ouledia sp. Cappetta 1986 stingray
? Jacquhermania attiai stingray | |
Odontorhytis aff. pappenheimi Bohm 1926 elasmobranch | |
Pristidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 sawfish | |
Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790 guitarfish | |
Scyliorhinus sp. Blainville 1816 cat shark | |
Carcharhinus aff. frequens Dames 1883 requiem shark | |
? Sphyrna sp. Rafinesque 1810 hammerhead shark | |
"Cretolamna" twiggsensis mackerel shark |