Where: Egypt (29.3° N, 30.0° 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)
• 1-2 m above Camp White layer
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk
• matrix of Basilosaurus bulk sampled
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 137568: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Chondrichthyes | |
"Rhinoptera" sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray | |
Neotrygon sp. Castelnau 1873 whiptail stingray | |
? Himantura sp. Müller and Henle 1837 stingray
Gymnura sp. Van Hasselt 1823 stingray | |
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806 angel shark | |
Hexanchus sp. Rafinesque 1810 sixgill shark | |
Torpedo sp. Houttuyn 1764 torpedo | |
Pristidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 sawfish
Anoxypristis sp. White and Moy-Thomas 1941 sawfish
? Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish | |
Rhynchobatus sp. Müller and Henle 1837 wedgefish | |
? Platyrhinoidis sp. Garman 1880 guitarfish
? Platyrhina sp. Müller and Henle 1838 guitarfish | |
Triakis sp. Müller and Henle 1838 hound shark | |
Scyliorhinidae indet. Gill 1862 cat shark
Megascyliorhinus sp. Cappetta and Ward 1977 cat shark
Crassescyliorhinus sp. Underwood and Ward 2008 cat shark
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980 cat shark | |
Negaprion aff. frequens lemon shark
Physogaleus sp. Cappetta 1980 requiem shark
Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929 sharpnose shark | |
Hemipristis sp. Agassiz 1835 ground shark | |
Galeocerdo sp. Müller and Henle 1837 tiger shark | |
? Stegostoma sp. Mueller and Henle 1838 carpet shark | |
Chiloscyllium sp. Müller and Henle 1837 carpet shark | |
Mammalia | |
Basilosaurus isis Andrews 1904 whale |