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
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Gastropoda | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"Ostrea elegans" = Cubitostrea elegans
"Ostrea elegans" = Cubitostrea elegans Deshayes 1832 oyster | |
Chondrichthyes | |
"Myliobates sp." = Myliobatis
"Myliobates sp." = Myliobatis Cuvier 1816 eagle ray | |
Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish | |
Otodus sp. Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark | |
Gnathostomata | |
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish | |
Mammalia | |
"Zeuglodon sp." = Basilosaurus, Saghacetus osiris
"Zeuglodon sp." = Basilosaurus Harlan 1834 whale
Saghacetus osiris Dames 1894 whale | |
Moeritherium lyonsi Andrews 1901 proboscidean | |
Reptilia | |
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle | |
"Moeriophis sp." = Pterosphenus
"Moeriophis sp." = Pterosphenus Lucas 1898 snake | |
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia Owen 1842 crocodilian |