Minqar Tibaghbagh BOS (Oligocene of Egypt)

Also known as Qattara Depression, Minqar Tabaghbagh

Where: Egypt (29.4° N, 26.4° E: paleocoordinates 26.2° N, 23.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; white limestone

• whitish limestone layer

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: H. J. Van Vliet, A. S. Schulp, G. A. M. M. Abu El-Kheir, T. M. Paijmans, M. Bosselaers and C. J. Underwood. 2017. A new site with Oligocene terrestrial mammals and an Oligocene selachian fauna from Minqar Tibaghbagh, the Western Desert of Egypt. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 62 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 187874: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 14.08.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Negaprion frequens lemon shark
CGM67191, 67194 and 67195
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
CGM67195
Carcharhinus cf. perseus Adnet et al. 2007 requiem shark
CGM67194
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis cf. serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark
CGM67186, 67191 and 67195
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo sp. Müller and Henle 1837 tiger shark
CGM67195
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
? Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sand shark
CGM67195
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Otodus cf. sokolowi mackerel shark
CGM67191, 69186 and 69195
Mammalia
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
cf. Eosiren sp. Andrews 1902 dugong
Reptilia
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
Cheloniidae indet. Bonaparte 1832 sea turtle
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
cf. Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile