Underwood 11: Priabonian, Egypt

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Misrichthyes stromeri
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
? Eoplinthicus sp. Cappetta and Stringer 2002
"Rhinoptera" sp. Cuvier 1829
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis lathami Galeotti 1837
Anoxypristis sp. White and Moy-Thomas 1941
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Macrorhizodus praecursor (Leriche 1905)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
? Anomotodon sp. Arambourg 1952
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Carcharocles sokolovi
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
"Carcharias" aff. twiggsensis
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias sp. Rafinesque 1810
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Physogaleus sp. Cappetta 1980
Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929
Negaprion aff. frequens
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo sp. Müller and Henle 1837
Galeocerdo eaglesomei White 1926
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980
see common names

Geography
Country:Egypt
Coordinates: 29.3° North, 30.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.6° North, 26.1° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Priabonian
Age range of interval:37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gehannam
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: within main glauconites
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: open marine mudstones
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:137546
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-12-18 02:57:14 Last modified:2012-12-17 10:15:16
Access level:authorizer only Released:2017-12-18 02:57:14
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]