Where: Egypt (29.6° N, 30.7° E: paleocoordinates 24.9° N, 26.6° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Qasr el-Sagha Formation, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shale and limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 62468: authorized by Juergen Kriwet, entered by Wolfgang Glaeser on 20.07.2006, edited by Mark Uhen and Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Hemipristis curvatus Dames 1883 ground shark | |
Rhizoprionodon sp., Misrichthys stromeri n. gen. n. sp., Physogaleus aff. tertius, Carcharhinus frequens
Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929 sharpnose shark
Misrichthys stromeri n. gen. n. sp. requiem shark
Physogaleus aff. tertius requiem shark
Carcharhinus frequens Dames 1883 requiem shark | |
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980 cat shark | |
Galeocerdo sp. Müller and Henle 1837 tiger shark
Galeocerdo latidens Agassiz 1835 tiger shark | |
Isurus praecursor Thurmond and Jones 1981 mackerel shark | |
Alopias aff. alabamensis thresher shark | |
Carcharocles cf. sokolowi mackerel shark
Cretolamna twiggsensis mackerel shark | |
Anoxypristis aff. mucrodens sawfish
? Pristis fajumensis Stromer 1905 sawfish
Pristis lathami Galeotti 1837 sawfish | |
Odontorhytis pappenheimi Bohm 1926 elasmobranch | |
Aetobatus sp. Blainville 1816 stingray
Aetobatus cf. irregularis Agassiz 1843 stingray | |
Myliobatis "sp. 1" Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
Myliobatis "sp. 2" Cuvier 1816 eagle ray | |
Mammalia | |
"Zeuglodon sensitivus n. sp." = Saghacetus osiris1 Dames 1894 whale see Gingerich 1992 for discussion of the type locality of Z. sensitivus
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Reptilia | |
"Psephophorus eocaenus n. sp." = Egyptemys eocaenus3
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