Underwood 36: Priabonian, Egypt

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Misrichthyes stromeri
Moerogaleus vitreodon
Premontria sp.
1 specimen
? Taeniura sp.
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatidae indet. Jordan 1888
4 specimens
Neotrygon sp. Castelnau 1873
? Pastinachus sp. Rüppell 1828
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes
Coupatezia sp. Cappetta 1982
aff. Coupatezia sp. Cappetta 1982
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Gymnuridae
Ouledia sp. Cappetta 1986
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
Aetobatus sp. Blainville 1816
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
? Myliobatidae indet. Bonaparte 1838
? Burnhamia sp. Cappetta 1976
1 specimen
Archaeomanta sp. Herman 1979
1 specimen
Garabatis sp.
1 specimen
"Rhinoptera" sp. Cuvier 1829
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Rhynchobatidae
Rhynchobatus sp. Müller and Henle 1837
5 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristidae indet. Bonaparte 1838
Propristis sp.
? Pristis sp. Linck 1790
Pristis lathami Galeotti 1837
Anoxypristis sp. White and Moy-Thomas 1941
Chondrichthyes
Odontorhytis aff. pappenheimi Bohm 1926
Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus sp. de Blainville 1816
1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Stegostomatidae
? Stegostoma sp. Mueller and Henle 1838
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Chiloscyllium sp. Müller and Henle 1837
2 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo sp. Müller and Henle 1837
4 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Oxyscyllium sp. Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
4 specimens
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980
Crassescyliorhinus sp. Underwood and Ward 2008
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Triakis sp. Müller and Henle 1838
1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Leptochariidae
Leptocharias sp. Müller and Henle 1837
3 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis sp. Agassiz 1835
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816
Negaprion aff. frequens
Negaprion ? amekiensis
Physogaleus sp. Cappetta 1980
3 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Macrorhizodus praecursor (Leriche 1905)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
"Carcharias" aff. twiggsensis
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias sp. Rafinesque 1810
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Carcharocles sokolovi
1 specimen
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:37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Qasr el-Sagha
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: basal conglomerate 0-1.5m above base of large channel
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: conglomerate
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: tidal channel
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
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:137579
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-12-18 04:08:41 Last modified:2012-12-17 11:08:41
Access level:authorizer only Released:2017-12-18 04:08:41
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]