Where: Western Sahara (23.4° N, 16.0° W: paleocoordinates 21.4° N, 19.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Gerran Member (Samlat Formation), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• fossils found in unit 2 of 3; tentatively identified as the Gerran Member of the Samlat Formation
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; pebbly sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: S. Adnet, H. Cappetta, and R. Tabuce. 2010. A Middle–Late Eocene vertebrate fauna (marine fish and mammals) from southwestern Morocco; preliminary report: age and palaeobiogeographical implications. Geological Magazine 147(6):860-870 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 96688: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 25.06.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
Mobula sp. Rafinesque 1810 devil ray
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray | |
Aetobatus cf. irregularis Agassiz 1843 stingray | |
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray | |
Odontorhytis sp. Bohm 1926 elasmobranch | |
Anoxypristis sp. White and Moy-Thomas 1941 sawfish
Pristis cf. lathami Galeotti 1837 sawfish
Propristis schweinfurthi Priem 1897 sawfish | |
Rhynchobatus sp. Müller and Henle 1837 wedgefish | |
Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790 guitarfish | |
Galeorhinus sp. de Blainville and Prévost 1816 school shark | |
Scyliorhinus sp. Blainville 1816 cat shark
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980 cat shark | |
Physogaleus sp. Cappetta 1980 requiem shark
Misrichthys stromeri requiem shark
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
Carcharhinus frequens Dames 1883 requiem shark
Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929 sharpnose shark | |
Hemipristis curvatus Dames 1883 ground shark
Paragaleus sp. Budker 1935 ground shark | |
Sphyrna sp. Rafinesque 1810 hammerhead shark | |
Galeocerdo sp. Müller and Henle 1837 tiger shark
Galeocerdo cf. eaglesomei White 1926 tiger shark | |
Nebrius cf. obliquus Leidy 1877 nurse shark | |
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sand shark | |
Macrorhizodus praecursor Leriche 1905 mackerel shark | |
Alopias aff. alabamensis thresher shark | |
Otodus cf. sokolovi Zhelezko and Kozlov 1999 mackerel shark
"Cretolamna" twiggsensis mackerel shark | |
Mammalia | |
Basilosauridae indet. Cope 1867 whale | |
Dakhlasiren marocensis n. gen. n. sp.2
Dakhlasiren marocensis n. gen. n. sp.2 Zouhri et al. 2022 sirenian it is not clear exactly where this specimen was found, but near this collection locatlity
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Actinopteri | |
Trichiurides sp. Winkler 1874 | |
Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793 barracuda |