Gebel Achdar: Priabonian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobates sp.
(Cuvier 1816)
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| original and current combination Myliobatis | |||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Pristidae
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Pristis sp.
Linck 1790
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Otodus sp.
Agassiz 1838
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Osteichthyes
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Osteichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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Reptilia
- Palaeophiidae
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Moeriophis sp.
Andrews 1901
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| synonym of Pterosphenus | |||||||
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Reptilia
- Crocodilia
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Crocodilia indet.
Owen 1842
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| spelled with current rank as Crocodylia | |||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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| synonym of Testudines | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Moeritheriidae
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Moeritherium lyonsi
Andrews 1901
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Basilosauridae
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Zeuglodon sp.
Owen 1839
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| synonym of Basilosaurus | |||||||
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Saghacetus osiris
(Dames 1894)
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea elegans
Deshayes 1832
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| recombined as Cubitostrea elegans | |||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Egypt | State/province: | Fayum |
| Coordinates: | 29.7° North, 30.7° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 25.0° North, 26.7° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
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 |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: white sandstone or clay | |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 74737 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-08-27 17:40:51 | Last modified: | 2010-07-14 18:03:45 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-08-27 17:40:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26770. | M. Blanckenhorn. 1903. Neue geologisch-stratigraphische Beobachtungen in Aegypten. Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-physikalischen Classe der Koniglichen bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Munchen 32:353-433 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 6026 | 5% 17360 | P. D. Gingerich. 1992. Marine Mammals (Cetacean and Sirenia) from the Eocene of Gebel Mokattam and Fayum, Egypt: Stratigraphy, Age, and Paleoenvironments. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 30:1-84 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
| 33106 | P. D. Gingerich. 2010. Cetacea. In L. Werdelin & W. J. Sanders (ed.), Cenozoic Mammals of Africa 873-899 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 11951 | E. Stromer. 1903. Zeuglodon-Reste aus dem Oberen Mitteleocän des Fajum. Beiträge Paläontologie und Geologie Österreich-Ungarns und des Orients 15:65-100 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |