El Argoub, south B1: Priabonian, Western Sahara

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
"Creatolamna" twiggsensis
Cyladrincanthus sp.
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Numidotheriidae
? Numidotherium sp. Jaeger 1986
?reworked
Mammalia - Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Basilosauridae indet. Cope 1867
Basilosaurus sp. Harlan 1834
Field et al. 2011
    = Basilosaurus cf. isis Andrews 1904
Insacco 2014
Dorudon sp. Gibbes 1845
Field et al. 2011
    = Dorudon cf. atrox Andrews 1906
Insacco 2014
Actinopteri - Acanthopteri - Sphyraenidae
Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
Trichiurides sp. Winkler 1874
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes
Aturobatis sp. Adnet 2006
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Gymnuridae
Ouledia sp. Cappetta 1986
Gymnura sp. Van Hasselt 1823
Himantura sp. Müller and Henle 1837
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
Aetobatus cf. irregularis (Agassiz 1843)
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Burnhamia sp. Cappetta 1976
Archaeomanta sp. Herman 1979
Mobula sp. Rafinesque 1810
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
Garabatis sp.
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829
Chondrichthyes - Odontaspidida - Lamiostomatidae
Xiphodolamia serrata Adnet et al. 2009
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Anoxypristis sp. White and Moy-Thomas 1941
Pristis cf. lathami Galeotti 1837
Propristis schweinfurthi Priem 1897
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Rhynchobatidae
Rhynchobatus sp. Müller and Henle 1837
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790
Chondrichthyes - Torpediniformes - Narcinidae
cf. Narcine sp. Henle 1834
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo sp. Müller and Henle 1837
Galeocerdo cf. eaglesomei White 1926
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna sp. Rafinesque 1810
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus sp. de Blainville and Prévost 1816
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980
Scyliorhinus sp. Blainville 1816
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Misrichthys stromeri
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816
Carcharhinus frequens (Dames 1883)
Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929
Physogaleus sp. Cappetta 1980
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Paragaleus sp. Budker 1935
Hemipristis curvatus Dames 1883
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Chiloscyllium sp. Müller and Henle 1837
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Nebrius cf. obliquus (Leidy 1877)
recombined as Ginglymostoma obliquum
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias aff. alabamensis
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Otodus cf. sokolovi Zhelezko and Kozlov 1999
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Macrorhizodus praecursor (Leriche 1905)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810
"Carcharias" koerti
?reworked
Chondrichthyes
Odontorhytis sp. Bohm 1926
see common names

Geography
Country:Western Sahara
Coordinates: 23.4° North, 16.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:21.4° North, 19.1° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
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:Samlat Member:Gerran
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: fossils found in unit 2 of 3; tentatively identified as the Gerran Member of the Samlat Formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:pebbly sandstone
Lithology description: conglomeratic sandstone
Environment:coastal 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:96686
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-06-25 12:15:18 Last modified:2019-01-07 15:53:10
Access level:the public Released:2010-06-25 12:15:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
32948. S. Adnet, H. Cappetta, and R. Tabuce. 2010. A Middle–Late Eocene vertebrate fauna (marine fish and mammals) from southwestern Morocco; preliminary report: age and palaeobiogeographical implications. Geological Magazine 147(6):860-870 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

38455 D. Field, R. Racicot, and M. D. Uhen. 2011. A new marine tetrapod assemblage from the Eocene of Western Sahara. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Abstracts:108-109 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
36627 D. J. Field, R. A. Racicot, and M. D. Uhen. 2011. A new marine tetrapod assemblage from the Eocene of Western Sahara. Sixth Triennial Conference on Secondary Adaptation of Tetrapods to Life in Water 28 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
63035 G. Insacco. 2014. I Cetacei fossili del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Comiso (Ragusa). Museologia Scientifica Memoire 13:130-134 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
52929 S. Zouhri, P. D. Gingerich, M. Rahali, N. Elboudali, and S. Sebti. 2014. New cetacean and sirenian faunas and sea level change in the Samlat Formation, Upper Eocene, near Ad-Dakhla in southwestern Morocco. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 261 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]