Underwood 27: Priabonian, Egypt

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Misrichthyes stromeri
1 specimen
Moerogaleus vitreodon
? Taeniura sp.
14 specimens
Mammalia - Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Basilosaurus isis (Andrews 1904)
1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Platyrhinidae
? Platyrhina sp. Müller and Henle 1838
7 specimens
? Platyrhinoidis sp. Garman 1880
9 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristidae indet. Bonaparte 1838
1 specimen
? Pristis sp. Linck 1790
3 specimens
Anoxypristis sp. White and Moy-Thomas 1941
3 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Rhynchobatidae
Rhynchobatus sp. Müller and Henle 1837
9 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Triakis sp. Müller and Henle 1838
25 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo sp. Müller and Henle 1837
1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Scyliorhinidae indet. Gill 1862
14 specimens
Crassescyliorhinus sp. Underwood and Ward 2008
20 specimens
Megascyliorhinus sp. Cappetta and Ward 1977
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis sp. Agassiz 1835
2 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929
Negaprion aff. frequens
Physogaleus sp. Cappetta 1980
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Chiloscyllium sp. Müller and Henle 1837
3 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Stegostomatidae
? Stegostoma sp. Mueller and Henle 1838
2 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae
Hexanchus sp. Rafinesque 1810
6 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Torpediniformes - Torpedinidae
Torpedo sp. Houttuyn 1764
13 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Squatinidae
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806
27 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Neotrygon sp. Castelnau 1873
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
"Rhinoptera" sp. Cuvier 1829
2 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Gymnuridae
Gymnura sp. Van Hasselt 1823
? Himantura sp. Müller and Henle 1837
2 specimens
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: 1-2 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
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: matrix of Basilosaurus bulk sampled
Metadata
Database number:137568
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-12-18 03:57:43 Last modified:2016-06-06 10:21:50
Access level:the public Released:2012-12-18 03:57:43
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]