Underwood 26: Priabonian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Moerogaleus vitreodon
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? Taeniura sp.
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Chondrichthyes
- Torpediniformes
- Narcinidae
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Narcine sp.
Henle 1834
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Chondrichthyes
- Squatinidae
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Squatina sp.
Dumeril 1806
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Chondrichthyes
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Odontorhytis aff. pappenheimi
Bohm 1926
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Stegostomatidae
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? Stegostoma sp.
Mueller and Henle 1838
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Rhizoprionodon sp.
Whitley 1929
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or Sphyrna sp. | ||||||||||
Negaprion aff. frequens
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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
- Triakidae
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Triakidae indet.
Gray 1851
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Hemigaleidae
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Hemipristis sp.
Agassiz 1835
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Leptochariidae
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Leptocharias sp.
Müller and Henle 1837
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Platyrhinidae
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? Platyrhinoidis sp.
Garman 1880
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Pristidae
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Anoxypristis sp.
White and Moy-Thomas 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Rhynchobatidae
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Rhynchobatus sp.
Müller and Henle 1837
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15 specimens | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Squalomorphii
- Hexanchidae
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Hexanchus sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
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Coupatezia sp.
Cappetta 1982
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3 specimens | |||||||||
aff. Coupatezia sp.
Cappetta 1982
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Gymnuridae
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Ouledia sp.
Cappetta 1986
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1 specimen | |||||||||
? Himantura sp.
Müller and Henle 1837
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Gymnura sp.
Van Hasselt 1823
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Lophobatis sp.
Cappetta 1986
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"Rhinoptera" sp.
Cuvier 1829
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5 specimens | |||||||||
"Myliobatis" sp.
Cuvier 1816
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2 specimens | |||||||||
sp. 1, sp. 2 | ||||||||||
aff. Burnhamia sp.
Cappetta 1976
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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Dasyatidae indet.
Jordan 1888
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Neotrygon sp.
Castelnau 1873
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Egypt |
Coordinates: | 29.3° North, 30.0° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 24.6° 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: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Birket Qarun | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: 1-3 m above Camp White layer |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
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: | 137564 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2012-12-18 03:24:19 | Last modified: | 2012-12-17 10:24:19 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2017-12-18 03:24:18 |
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] |