Underwood 28: Priabonian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Moerogaleus vitreodon
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6 specimens | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Gymnuridae
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Ouledia sp.
Cappetta 1986
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gymnura sp.
Van Hasselt 1823
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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? Burnhamia sp.
Cappetta 1976
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1 specimen | ||||||
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"Rhinoptera" sp.
Cuvier 1829
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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Neotrygon sp.
Castelnau 1873
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Torpediniformes
- Narcinidae
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Narcine sp.
Henle 1834
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
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Odontorhytis aff. pappenheimi
Bohm 1926
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Pristidae
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Pristidae indet.
Bonaparte 1838
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1 specimen | ||||||
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? Pristis sp.
Linck 1790
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Squalomorphii
- Hexanchidae
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Hexanchus sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Squalomorphii
- Pristiophoridae
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Pristiophorus sp.
Bleeker 1859
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Carcharocles sokolovi
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Hemiscylliidae
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Chiloscyllium sp.
Müller and Henle 1837
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Ginglymostomatidae
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Nebrius sp.
Rüppell 1837
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Hemigaleidae
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Hemipristis sp.
Agassiz 1835
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Physogaleus sp.
Cappetta 1980
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Rhizoprionodon sp.
Whitley 1929
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Negaprion aff. frequens
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15 specimens | ||||||
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Negaprion ? amekiensis
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Galeocerdidae
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Galeocerdo sp.
Müller and Henle 1837
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Leptochariidae
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Leptocharias sp.
Müller and Henle 1837
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Scyliorhinidae
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Scyliorhinidae indet.
Gill 1862
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8 specimens | ||||||
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Crassescyliorhinus sp.
Underwood and Ward 2008
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Abdounia sp.
Cappetta 1980
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Megascyliorhinus sp.
Cappetta and Ward 1977
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Triakidae
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Triakis sp.
Müller and Henle 1838
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 29.3° North, 30.1° 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: | Gehannam | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: mudstones ?equivalent to sandstones above Camp White Layer | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | 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 |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: specimens from Basilosaurus excavation | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 137569 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-12-18 03:59:05 | Last modified: | 2012-12-17 11:28:09 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2017-12-18 03:59:05 |
| 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] |