Kpogamé-Hahotoe: Lutetian, Togo

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Palaeorhinocodon wardi
? Anaxypristis sp.
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
Archaeomanta cf. melenhorsti Herman 1979
Burnhamia sp. Cappetta 1976
? Mobula sp. Rafinesque 1810
Myliobatis cf. dixoni Agassiz 1843
recombined as Aetomylaeus dixoni
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829
Leidybatis jugosus (Leidy 1876)
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes
Merabatis sp. Cappetta 1983
Coupatezia sp. Cappetta 1982
Arechia sp. Cappetta 1983
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810
sp. 1-7
Dasyatis cf. jaekeli (Leriche 1906)
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Gymnuridae
Gymnura sp. Van Hasselt 1823
Chondrichthyes - Odontaspidida - Lamiostomatidae
Xiphodolamia eocaena Woodward 1889
Chondrichthyes - Torpediniformes - Narcinidae
Narcine sp. Henle 1834
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis lathami Galeotti 1837
Propristis schweinfurthi Priem 1897
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Rhynchobatidae
Rhynchobatus sp. Müller and Henle 1837
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus sp. de Blainville and Prévost 1816
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Scyliorhinus sp. Blainville 1816
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Physogaleus sp. Cappetta 1980
Rhizoprionodon cf. ganntourensis (Arambourg 1952)
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
? Hemigaleidae indet.
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna sp. Rafinesque 1810
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo latidens (Agassiz 1835)
Galeocerdo eaglesomei White 1926
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Ginglymostoma angolense Dartevelle and Casier 1943
Nebrius blanckenhorni
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Chiloscyllium sp. Müller and Henle 1837
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Synodontaspis koeni
Synodontaspis sp. White 1931
sp. 1 & 2
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus praecursor Thurmond and Jones 1981
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Carcharocles debrayi
Acipenseriformes
Cylindracanthus sp. Leidy 1856
Mammalia - Cetacea - Protocetidae
Archaeoceti indet. Flower 1883
Gingerich et al. 1992 4 specimens
    = Protocetidae indet. Stromer 1908
Gingerich and Cappetta 2014
Pappocetus sp. Andrews 1920
    = Togocetus traversi
Gingerich and Cappetta 2014
Togocetus traversei n. gen., n. sp. Gingerich and Cappetta 2014
Gingerich and Cappetta 2014 138 specimens
? Carolinacetus sp. Geisler et al. 2005
Mourlam and Orliac 2018 8 specimens
Mammalia - Sirenia - Protosirenidae
Sirenia indet. Illiger 1811
Gingerich et al. 1992 1 specimen
    = Protosirenidae indet. Sickenberg 1934
Gingerich and Cappetta 2014
Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Dugongidae indet. Gray 1821
Gingerich and Cappetta 2014 8 specimens
Reptilia - Palaeophiidae
Palaeophis africanus Andrews 1924
Georgalis et al. 2021
Reptilia - Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae
? Gigantornis sp. Andrews 1916
Bourdon and Cappetta 2012 4 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Togo
Coordinates: 6.3° North, 1.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.2° North, 4.6° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Lutetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
*Period:Middle Tertiary - Middle Tertiary *Epoch:Middle Eocene - Middle Eocene
Key time interval:Lutetian Foram zone: P11
Age range of interval:47.80000 - 41.30000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: 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).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: phosphorite
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:salvage,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:32991
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2003-07-22 06:59:26 Last modified:2021-11-12 12:50:43
Access level:the public Released:2003-07-22 06:59:26
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

26719. 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]

Secondary references:

42365 E. Bourdon and H. Cappetta. 2012. Pseudo-toothed birds (Aves, Odontopterygiformes) from the Eocene phosphate deposits of Togo, Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(4):965-970 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
78611 G. L. Georgalis, G. Guinot, K. E. Kassegne, Y. Z. Amoudji, A. K. C. Johnson, H. Cappetta, and L. Hautie. 2021. An assemblage of giant aquatic snakes (Serpentes, Palaeophiidae) from the Eocene ofTogo. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 140(20):1-18 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
33106 P. D. Gingerich. 2010. Cetacea. In L. Werdelin & W. J. Sanders (ed.), Cenozoic Mammals of Africa 873-899 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
8838 P. D. Gingerich, H. Cappetta, and M. Traverse. 1992. Marine mammals (Cetacea and Sirenia) from the Middle Eocene of Kpogame-Hahotoe in Togo. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 12(3):29A-30A [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
49848 P. D. Gingerich and H. Cappetta. 2014. A new archaeocete and other marine mammals (Cetacea and Sirenia) from lower middle Eocene phosphate deposits of Togo. Journal of Paleontology 88(1):109-129 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Mannion]
78043 K. E. Kassegne, M. J. Mourlam, G. Guinot, Y. Z. Amoudji, J. E. Martin, K. A. Togbe, A. K. Johnson and L. Hautier. 2021. First partial cranium of Togocetus from Kpogamé (Togo) and the protocetid diversity in the Togolese phosphate basin. Annales de Paléontologie 107:102488 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
62390 M. J. Mourlam and M. J. Orliac. 2018. Protocetid (Cetacea, Artiodactyla) bullae and petrosals from the middle Eocene locality of Kpogamé, Togo: new insights into the early history of cetacean hearing. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 16(8):621-644 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Wagner]