Underwood 43: Priabonian, Egypt

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Misrichthyes stromeri
10 specimens
Pseudaetobatis sp.
? Taeniura sp.
2 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
"Myliobatis" sp. Cuvier 1816
sp. 1, sp. 2
? Eoplinthicus sp. Cappetta and Stringer 2002
1 specimen
"Rhinoptera" sp. Cuvier 1829
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
? Pastinachus sp. Rüppell 1828
3 specimens
Chondrichthyes
Odontorhytis aff. pappenheimi Bohm 1926
1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis sp. Linck 1790
1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980
1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Negaprion aff. frequens
Negaprion ? amekiensis
4 specimens
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816
Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929
or Sphyrna sp.
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis sp. Agassiz 1835
3 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo sp. Müller and Henle 1837
4 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
"Carcharias" twiggsensis
4 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Carcharocles sokolovi
1 fragment
see common names

Geography
Country:Egypt
Coordinates: 29.3° North, 30.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.6° North, 25.9° 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:38.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Qasr el-Sagha
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: sandstones 11.5-12 m above shell bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: conglomerate at base of large dune sets
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ)
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:137586
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-12-18 04:15:29 Last modified:2012-12-17 11:15:29
Access level:authorizer only Released:2017-12-18 04:15:29
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]