List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Misrichthyes sp.
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Moerogaleus vitreodon
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? Taeniura sp.
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Leptochariidae
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Leptocharias sp.
Müller and Henle 1837
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Hemigaleidae
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Hemipristis sp.
Agassiz 1835
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Scyliorhinidae
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Crassescyliorhinus sp.
Underwood and Ward 2008
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Abdounia sp.
Cappetta 1980
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Rhizoprionodon sp.
Whitley 1929
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cf. Carcharhinus sp.
de Blainville 1816
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Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Brachaeluridae
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Eostegostoma sp.
Herman and Crochard 1977
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Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Hemiscylliidae
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Hemiscyllium sp.
Smith 1837
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Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Ginglymostomatidae
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Nebrius blanckenhorni
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Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Parascylliidae
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? Pararhincodon sp.
Herman 1975
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Macrorhizodus praecursor
(Leriche 1905)
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
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"Carcharias" aff. twiggsensis
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Chondrichthyes
- Torpediniformes
- Narcinidae
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Narcine sp.
Henle 1834
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Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Pristidae
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? Pristis sp.
Linck 1790
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Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Rhynchobatidae
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Rhynchobatus sp.
Müller and Henle 1837
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Platyrhinidae
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? Platyrhina sp.
Müller and Henle 1838
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? Platyrhinoidis sp.
Garman 1880
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Chondrichthyes
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Odontorhytis aff. pappenheimi
Bohm 1926
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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Dasyatidae indet.
Jordan 1888
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Dasyatis sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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"Myliobatis" sp.
Cuvier 1816
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"Rhinoptera" sp.
Cuvier 1829
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Aetobatidae
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Aetobatus sp.
Blainville 1816
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Gymnuridae
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Ouledia sp.
Cappetta 1986
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Gymnura sp.
Van Hasselt 1823
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? Himantura sp.
Müller and Henle 1837
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Egypt |
Coordinates: | 29.1° North, 30.1° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 22.3° North, 25.3° East |
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Midawara | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: glauconitic mudstone seam, 10m below top of Formation |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | glauconitic mudstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: glauconitic mudstone seam | |
Environment: | open shallow subtidal |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 137540 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2012-12-18 02:41:15 | Last modified: | 2012-12-17 11:23:06 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2017-12-18 02:41:15 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
43835. | 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] |