Underwood 15: Priabonian, Egypt

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Misrichthyes stromeri
Moerogaleus vitreodon
Premontria sp.
Chondrichthyes - Squatinidae
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806
Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus sp. de Blainville 1816
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Pristiophoridae
Pristiophorus sp. Bleeker 1859
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae
Hexanchus sp. Rafinesque 1810
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Mustelus sp.
Triakis sp. Müller and Henle 1838
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Leptochariidae
Leptocharias sp. Müller and Henle 1837
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis sp. Agassiz 1835
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Scyliorhinidae indet. Gill 1862
Crassescyliorhinus sp. Underwood and Ward 2008
Megascyliorhinus sp. Cappetta and Ward 1977
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Physogaleus sp. Cappetta 1980
Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Brachaeluridae
Eostegostoma sp. Herman and Crochard 1977
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Stegostomatidae
? Stegostoma sp. Mueller and Henle 1838
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Parascylliidae
? Pararhincodon sp. Herman 1975
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Macrorhizodus praecursor (Leriche 1905)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias sp. Rafinesque 1810
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Carcharocles sokolovi
Chondrichthyes - Torpediniformes - Narcinidae
Narcine sp. Henle 1834
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Anoxypristis sp. White and Moy-Thomas 1941
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Rhynchobatidae
Rhynchobatus sp. Müller and Henle 1837
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Platyrhinidae
? Platyrhina sp. Müller and Henle 1838
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatidae indet. Jordan 1888
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatidae indet. Bonaparte 1838
Archaeomanta sp. Herman 1979
? Burnhamia sp. Cappetta 1976
? Eoplinthicus sp. Cappetta and Stringer 2002
"Rhinoptera" sp. Cuvier 1829
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes
Coupatezia sp. Cappetta 1982
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Gymnuridae
? Ouledia sp. Cappetta 1986
Mobula sp.
Gymnura sp. Van Hasselt 1823
see common names

Geography
Country:Egypt
Coordinates: 29.3° North, 30.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.7° North, 26.0° 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:38.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gehannam
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: glauconite lens
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:bulk,surface (in situ)
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:137550
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-12-18 03:03:09 Last modified:2012-12-17 10:17:30
Access level:authorizer only Released:2017-12-18 03:03:09
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]