Where: Egypt (29.3° N, 30.1° E: paleocoordinates 24.7° N, 26.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Gehannam Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• glauconite lens
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; glauconitic mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, 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 137551: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Gymnura sp. Van Hasselt 1823 stingray | |
"Rhinoptera" sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray | |
Neotrygon sp. Castelnau 1873 whiptail stingray | |
Coupatezia sp. Cappetta 1982 stingray | |
Narcine sp. Henle 1834 numbfish | |
Heterodontus sp. de Blainville 1816 bullhead shark | |
Pristis lathami Galeotti 1837 sawfish
Anoxypristis sp. White and Moy-Thomas 1941 sawfish | |
Rhynchobatus sp. Müller and Henle 1837 wedgefish | |
Hexanchus sp. Rafinesque 1810 sixgill shark | |
Pristiophorus sp. Bleeker 1859 saw shark | |
Macrorhizodus praecursor Leriche 1905 mackerel shark | |
Carcharocles sokolovi mackerel shark | |
"Carcharias" aff. twiggsensis sand shark | |
Alopias sp. Rafinesque 1810 thresher shark | |
Eostegostoma sp. Herman and Crochard 1977 carpet shark | |
Hemipristis sp. Agassiz 1835 ground shark | |
Physogaleus sp., Rhizoprionodon sp., Carcharhinus sp., Negaprion aff. frequens, Negaprion amekiensis
Physogaleus sp. Cappetta 1980 requiem shark
Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929 sharpnose shark
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
Negaprion aff. frequens lemon shark
Negaprion amekiensis lemon shark | |
Galeocerdo sp. Müller and Henle 1837 tiger shark | |
"Scylliorhinidae indet." = Scyliorhinidae, Crassescyliorhinus sp., Abdounia sp., Megascyliorhinus sp.
"Scylliorhinidae indet." = Scyliorhinidae Gill 1862 cat shark
Crassescyliorhinus sp. Underwood and Ward 2008 cat shark
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980 cat shark
Megascyliorhinus sp. Cappetta and Ward 1977 cat shark | |
Triakis sp. Müller and Henle 1838 hound shark |