Where: Togo (6.3° N, 1.3° E: paleocoordinates 1.2° N, 4.6° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: P11 foram zone, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• deposits simply referred to as the Kpogame-Hahotoe phosphates
•Type locality is the highly fossiliferous stratigraphic level near the top of mining level Couche-1, the ‘‘bone-bed reposant’’ (BBR)
•Planktonic foraminiferal zone P11 in the middle Lutetian, middle Eocene (Cappetta and Traverse, 1988; zone E9 of Berggren and Pearson, 2005).
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; phosphorite
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: salvage,
Primary reference: H. Cappetta and M. Traverse. 1988. Une riche faune de Selaciens dans le Bassin a Phosphate de Kpogame-Hahotoe (Eocene moyen du Togo): Note preliminaire et precisions sur la structure et l'age du gisement. Geobios 21(3):359-365 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 32991: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.07.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Aves | |
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Reptilia | |
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Mammalia | |
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Protocetidae indet.3, Togocetus traversi3, Togocetus traversei n. gen. n. sp.3, ? Carolinacetus sp.4
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Osteichthyes | |
Cylindracanthus sp. Leidy 1856 ray-finned fish | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Dasyatis cf. jaekeli Leriche 1906 whiptail stingray | |
Merabatis sp. Cappetta 1983 stingray
Arechia sp. Cappetta 1983 stingray
Coupatezia sp. Cappetta 1982 stingray | |
Gymnura sp. Van Hasselt 1823 stingray | |
"Myliobatis cf. dixoni" = Aetomylaeus dixoni, Leidybatis jugosus, ? Mobula sp., Burnhamia sp., Archaeomanta cf. melenhorsti, Myliobatis sp., Rhinoptera sp.
"Myliobatis cf. dixoni" = Aetomylaeus dixoni Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
Leidybatis jugosus Leidy 1876 eagle ray
? Mobula sp. Rafinesque 1810 devil ray
Burnhamia sp. Cappetta 1976 eagle ray
Archaeomanta cf. melenhorsti Herman 1979 eagle ray
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray | |
Xiphodolamia eocaena Woodward 1889 elasmobranch | |
Narcine sp. Henle 1834 numbfish | |
Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790 guitarfish | |
Rhynchobatus sp. Müller and Henle 1837 wedgefish | |
Propristis schweinfurthi Priem 1897 sawfish
Pristis lathami Galeotti 1837 sawfish | |
Chiloscyllium sp. Müller and Henle 1837 carpet shark | |
Ginglymostoma angolense Dartevelle and Casier 1943 nurse shark
Nebrius blanckenhorni nurse shark | |
Galeocerdo eaglesomei White 1926 tiger shark
Galeocerdo latidens Agassiz 1835 tiger shark | |
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980 cat shark
Scyliorhinus sp. Blainville 1816 cat shark | |
Galeorhinus sp. de Blainville and Prévost 1816 school shark | |
? Hemigaleidae indet. ground shark | |
Sphyrna sp. Rafinesque 1810 hammerhead shark | |
Rhizoprionodon cf. ganntourensis Arambourg 1952 sharpnose shark
Physogaleus sp. Cappetta 1980 requiem shark | |
Isurus praecursor Thurmond and Jones 1981 mackerel shark | |
Synodontaspis koeni sand tiger shark | |
Carcharocles debrayi mackerel shark |