Where: Egypt (29.3° N, 30.1° E: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 26.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Birket Qarun Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• top of lowest sand body
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
Primary reference: C. J. Underwood, D. J. Ward, C. King, S. M. Antar, I. S. Zalmout and P. D. Gingerich. 2011. Shark and ray faunas in the Middle and Late Eocene of the Fayum Area, Egypt. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 122(1):47-66 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 137554: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Chondrichthyes | |
aff. Coupatezia sp. Cappetta 1982 stingray | |
? Burnhamia sp. Cappetta 1976 eagle ray
? Eoplinthicus sp. Cappetta and Stringer 2002 eagle ray | |
Propristis sp. sawfish
Pristis lathami Galeotti 1837 sawfish | |
Hexanchus sp. Rafinesque 1810 sixgill shark | |
Nebrius sp. Rüppell 1837 nurse shark | |
Galeocerdo sp. Müller and Henle 1837 tiger shark | |
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980 cat shark | |
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
Negaprion aff. frequens lemon shark
Physogaleus sp. Cappetta 1980 requiem shark | |
Macrorhizodus praecursor Leriche 1905 mackerel shark | |
"Carcharias" aff. twiggsensis sand shark | |
Alopias sp. Rafinesque 1810 thresher shark | |
Carcharocles sokolovi mackerel shark |