Km55: Priabonian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Misrichthys stromeri
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
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Coupatezia sp.
Cappetta 1982
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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Dasyatidae indet.
Jordan 1888
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Pastinachus sp.
Rüppell 1828
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Gymnuridae
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Ouledia sp.
Cappetta 1986
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? Jacquhermania attiai
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Rhinopteridae indet.
Jordan and Evermann 1896
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Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Pristidae
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Pristidae indet.
Bonaparte 1838
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rhinobatidae
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Rhinobatos sp.
Link 1790
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Sphyrnidae
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? Sphyrna sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Scyliorhinidae
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Scyliorhinus sp.
Blainville 1816
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Carcharhinus sp.
de Blainville 1816
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Carcharhinus aff. frequens
(Dames 1883)
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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"Cretolamna" twiggsensis
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Chondrichthyes
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Odontorhytis aff. pappenheimi
Bohm 1926
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Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 28.8° North, 29.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 24.2° North, 25.1° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandy mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: sandy mudstone | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 145984 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-06-14 06:11:39 | Last modified: | 2013-06-13 15:11:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-06-14 06:11:39 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 47185. | S. Adnet, H. Cappetta, S. Elnahas and A. Strougo. 2011. A new Priabonian Chondrichthyans assemblage from the Western desert, Egypt: Correlation with the Fayum oasis. Journal of African Earth Sciences 61:27-37 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |