Zeuglodon Valley: Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatis informal sp. 1
Cuvier 1816
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Myliobatis informal sp. 2
Cuvier 1816
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Chondrichthyes
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Odontorhytis pappenheimi
Bohm 1926
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Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Pristidae
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Propristis schweinfurthi
Priem 1897
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Isurus praecursor
Thurmond and Jones 1981
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Cretolamna twiggsensis
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Carcharocles cf. sokolowi
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Alopiidae
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Alopias aff. alabamensis
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Hemigaleidae
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Hemipristis curvatus
Dames 1883
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Misrichthys stromeri n. gen., n. sp.
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Physogaleus aff. tertius
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Rhizoprionodon sp.
Whitley 1929
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Carcharhinus informal sp. 1
de Blainville 1816
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Carcharhinus informal sp. 2
de Blainville 1816
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Scyliorhinidae
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Abdounia sp.
Cappetta 1980
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Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 29.3° North, 30.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 23.2° North, 25.5° East |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Key time interval: | Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Gar Gehannam |
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: Gypseous shales and marls with levels of limestone in the middle of the serious. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Macro- and mesofossils | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 62459 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Kriwet | Enterer: | W. Glaeser |
| Created: | 2006-07-20 07:21:39 | Last modified: | 2006-07-20 10:21:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-07-20 07:21:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18016. | G. R. Case and H. Cappetta. 1990. The Eocene selachian fauna from the Fayum Depression in Egypt. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 212(Lfg. 1-6):1-30 [J. Kriwet/W. Glaeser] |