Underwood 29: Priabonian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Pristidae
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Pristis sp.
Linck 1790
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1 specimen | ||||||
| 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: | Gehannam | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: upper part of Gehannam Formation | |||||
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
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 137570 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-12-18 04:00:57 | Last modified: | 2012-12-17 11:27:24 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2017-12-18 04:00:57 |
| 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] |