Ndendouri-Ouali Diala area, Ypresian (Eocene of Senegal)

Where: Senegal (15.3° N, 13.0° W: paleocoordinates 10.7° N, 17.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Matam Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• ? Lower Ypresian

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; brown phosphorite

• internal platform (Pascal 1987) and the three phosphorite deposals, often considered as the result of upwelling onto a deep or steep shelf, seem to testify of general changes in marine productivity
• brown phosphate coprolitic

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. S. Sambou, R. Sarr, L. Hautier, H. Cappetta, and S. Adnet. 2017. The selachian fauna (sharks and rays) of the phosphate series of Ndendouri-Ouali Diala (Matam, Western Senegal): Dating and paleoenvironmental interests. Neus Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen 283(2):205-219 [R. Davis/R. Davis/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 209379: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.05.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes -
Dasyatoidea indet., Coupatezia sp., Arechia sp.
Dasyatoidea indet. Whitley 1940 stingray
Coupatezia sp. Cappetta 1982 stingray
Arechia sp. Cappetta 1983 stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Aetomylaeus sp., Myliobatis sp., Aetobatus sp.
Aetomylaeus sp. Garman 1908 eagle ray
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
Aetobatus sp. Blainville 1816 eagle ray
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis sp.
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray
sp. 1, sp. 2
 Myliobatiformes - Gymnuridae
Ouledia sp.
Ouledia sp. Cappetta 1986 stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Rhinopteridae
Garabatis atlasi, Rhinoptera sp.
Garabatis atlasi Cappetta 1993 cow-nosed ray
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray
 Rhinopristiformes - Rhynchobatidae
Rhynchobatus sp.
Rhynchobatus sp. Müller and Henle 1837 wedgefish
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis sp., Anoxypristis sp.
Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish
Anoxypristis sp. White and Moy-Thomas 1941 sawfish
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatos sp.
Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790 guitarfish
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Foumtizia sp., Scyliorhinus sp.
Foumtizia sp. Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 cat shark
Scyliorhinus sp. Blainville 1816 cat shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Physogaleus secundus
Physogaleus secundus Winkler 1876 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Rhizoprionodon sp.
Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929 sharpnose shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Triakis sp.
Triakis sp. Müller and Henle 1838 hound shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Brachycarcharias sp.
Brachycarcharias sp. Cappetta and Nolf 2005 sand tiger shark
sp. 1
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Cretolamna" aschersoni
 Euselachii -
Orectolobiformes indet.
Orectolobiformes indet. Applegate 1972 carpet shark
 Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Chiloscyllium sp.
Chiloscyllium sp. Müller and Henle 1837 carpet shark
 Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Squatiscyllium sp.
Squatiscyllium sp. Cappetta 1980 wobbegong
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Ginglymostoma sp., Ginglymostoma angolense, Protoginglymostoma sp., Nebrius blanckenhorni
Ginglymostoma sp. Müller and Henle 1838 nurse shark
Ginglymostoma angolense Dartevelle and Casier 1943 nurse shark
Protoginglymostoma sp. Herman and Crochard 1977 nurse shark
 Euselachii -
Odontorhytis sp.
Odontorhytis sp. Bohm 1926 elasmobranch