Gebel Achdar (Eocene of Egypt)

Where: Fayum, Egypt (29.7° N, 30.7° E: paleocoordinates 25.0° N, 26.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Qasr el-Sagha Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; sandstone

• white sandstone or clay

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: M. Blanckenhorn. 1903. Neue geologisch-stratigraphische Beobachtungen in Aegypten. Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-physikalischen Classe der Koniglichen bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Munchen 32:353-433 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 74737: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.08.2007

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea elegans" = Cubitostrea elegans
"Ostrea elegans" = Cubitostrea elegans Deshayes 1832 oyster
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
"Myliobates sp." = Myliobatis
"Myliobates sp." = Myliobatis Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Otodus sp. Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
Gnathostomata
  -
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Basilosauridae
"Zeuglodon sp." = Basilosaurus, Saghacetus osiris
"Zeuglodon sp." = Basilosaurus Harlan 1834 whale
Saghacetus osiris Dames 1894 whale
 Proboscidea - Moeritheriidae
Moeritherium lyonsi Andrews 1901 proboscidean
Reptilia
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
 Squamata - Palaeophiidae
"Moeriophis sp." = Pterosphenus
"Moeriophis sp." = Pterosphenus Lucas 1898 snake
 Loricata -
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia Owen 1842 crocodilian