Where: Egypt (29.3° N, 30.2° E: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 26.1° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Gehannam Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• above main glauconites
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; glauconitic mudstone
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 137548: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Chondrichthyes | |
? Burnhamia sp. Cappetta 1976 eagle ray
? Eoplinthicus sp. Cappetta and Stringer 2002 eagle ray
"Rhinoptera" sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray | |
Pristis lathami Galeotti 1837 sawfish | |
Macrorhizodus praecursor Leriche 1905 mackerel shark | |
? Anomotodon sp. Arambourg 1952 goblin shark | |
"Carcharias" aff. twiggsensis sand shark | |
Alopias sp. Rafinesque 1810 thresher shark | |
Hemipristis sp. Agassiz 1835 ground shark | |
Physogaleus sp. Cappetta 1980 requiem shark
Negaprion aff. frequens lemon shark | |
Galeocerdo sp. Müller and Henle 1837 tiger shark | |
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980 cat shark |