Underwood 26 (Eocene of Egypt)

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)

• 1-3 m above Camp White layer

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; sandstone

• open marine mudstones

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 137564: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.12.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Moerogaleus vitreodon, ? Taeniura sp.
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes -
Coupatezia sp., aff. Coupatezia sp.
Coupatezia sp. Cappetta 1982 stingray
aff. Coupatezia sp. Cappetta 1982 stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatidae indet., Neotrygon sp.
Dasyatidae indet. Jordan 1888 whiptail stingray
Neotrygon sp. Castelnau 1873 whiptail stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Gymnuridae
Ouledia sp., Gymnura sp., ? Himantura sp.
Ouledia sp. Cappetta 1986 stingray
Gymnura sp. Van Hasselt 1823 stingray
? Himantura sp. Müller and Henle 1837 stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Lophobatis sp., aff. Burnhamia sp., "Myliobatis" sp., "Rhinoptera" sp.
Lophobatis sp. Cappetta 1986 eagle ray
aff. Burnhamia sp. Cappetta 1976 eagle ray
"Myliobatis" sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
sp. 1, sp. 2
"Rhinoptera" sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Anoxypristis sp.
Anoxypristis sp. White and Moy-Thomas 1941 sawfish
 Rhinopristiformes - Rhynchobatidae
Rhynchobatus sp.
Rhynchobatus sp. Müller and Henle 1837 wedgefish
 Rajiformes - Platyrhinidae
? Platyrhinoidis sp.
? Platyrhinoidis sp. Garman 1880 guitarfish
 Torpediniformes - Narcinidae
Narcine sp.
Narcine sp. Henle 1834 numbfish
 Carcharhiniformes - Leptochariidae
Leptocharias sp.
Leptocharias sp. Müller and Henle 1837 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Triakidae indet.
Triakidae indet. Gray 1851 hound shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Abdounia sp., Crassescyliorhinus sp.
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980 cat shark
Crassescyliorhinus sp. Underwood and Ward 2008 cat shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Negaprion aff. frequens, Rhizoprionodon sp.
Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929 sharpnose shark
or Sphyrna sp.
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis sp.
Hemipristis sp. Agassiz 1835 ground shark
 Orectolobiformes - Stegostomatidae
? Stegostoma sp.
? Stegostoma sp. Mueller and Henle 1838 carpet shark
 Euselachii -
Odontorhytis aff. pappenheimi
Odontorhytis aff. pappenheimi Bohm 1926 elasmobranch
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Hexanchus sp.
Hexanchus sp. Rafinesque 1810 sixgill shark
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina sp.
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806 angel shark