White Mountain Formation (Eocene of Uzbekistan)

Where: Uzbekistan (41.6° N, 65.5° E: paleocoordinates 41.3° N, 60.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: White Mountain Formation, Middle Eocene (48.6 - 37.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine

• phosphorotised oolitic sands

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: G. R. Case, N.I. Udovichenko, L.A. Nessov, A.O. Averianov, and P.D. Borodin. 1996. A Middle Eocene selachian fauna from the White Mountain Formation of the Kizylum Desert, Uzbekistan, C.I.S. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 242(Lfg.4-6):99-126 [J. Kriwet/W. Glaeser/W. Glaeser]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62573: authorized by Juergen Kriwet, entered by Wolfgang Glaeser on 24.07.2006

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
Archaeomanta melenhorsti Herman 1979 eagle ray
Burnhamia daviesi Woodward 1889 eagle ray
Rhinoptera cf. sherborni White 1926 cownose ray
 Myliobatiformes -
Coupatezia woutersi Cappetta 1982 stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
Aetobatus cf. irregularis Agassiz 1843 stingray
 Myliobatiformes -
Hypolophodon sp. Cappetta 1980 stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Glikmania tamdyensa n. gen. n. sp. whiptail stingray
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray
 Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
"Heterodontus cf. vincenti" = Cestracion vincenti
"Heterodontus cf. vincenti" = Cestracion vincenti Leriche 1905 bullhead shark
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina cf. prima Winkler 1874 angel shark
 Squaliformes - Dalatiidae
Isistius trituratus Winkler 1874 shark
 Squaliformes - Squalidae
Squalus sp. Linnaeus 1758 dogfish shark
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Notorhynchus cf. primigenius Agassiz 1835 sevengill shark
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Aktaua kizylkumensis n. gen. n. sp. sawfish
Anoxypristis sp. White and Moy-Thomas 1941 sawfish
Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatos steurbauti Cappetta and Nolf 1981 guitarfish
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus sp. de Blainville and Prévost 1816 school shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
"Scyliorhinus gilberti" = Premontreia (Oxyscyllium) gilberti Casier 1946 cat shark
Abdounia beaugei Arambourg 1935 cat shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Physogaleus sp. Cappetta 1980 requiem shark
Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis Arambourg 1952 sharpnose shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo latidens Agassiz 1835 tiger shark
 Orectolobiformes - Rhinocodontidae
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis winkleri Leriche 1905 sand tiger shark
Jaekelotodus trigonalis Jackel 1895 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias hopei Agassiz 1843 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus praecursor Thurmond and Jones 1981 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Striatolamia macrota Agassiz 1838 goblin shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Carcharocles sokolowi mackerel shark
Cretolamna lerichei mackerel shark