Where: Senegal (15.0° N, 16.8° W: paleocoordinates 12.1° N, 21.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Taiba Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• lower Lutetian
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; phosphatic phosphorite
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: L. Hautier, R. Sarr, R. Tabuce, F. Lihoreau, S. Adnet, D. P. Domning, M. Samb and P. M. Hameh. 2012. First prorastomid sirenian from Senegal (Western Africa) and the Old World origin of sea cows. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(5):1218-1222 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 133429: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.09.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Burnhamia sp. Cappetta 1976 eagle ray | |
Coupatezia sp. Cappetta 1982 stingray | |
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray | |
Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790 guitarfish | |
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980 cat shark | |
Galeocerdo latidens Agassiz 1835 tiger shark | |
Chiloscyllium aff. meraense Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 carpet shark | |
? Brachycarcharias sp. Cappetta and Nolf 2005 sand tiger shark | |
"Carcharias" koerti sand shark | |
Macrorhizodus praecursor Leriche 1905 mackerel shark | |
"Carcharocles" cf. debrayi mackerel shark
Otodus obliquus Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark | |
Osteichthyes | |
Cylindracanthus sp. Leidy 1856 ray-finned fish | |
Mammalia | |
cf. Carolinacetus sp. Geisler et al. 2005 whale | |
Prorastomidae indet. Cope 1889 sirenian |