Minqar Tibaghbagh: Priabonian, Egypt

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Crocodilia
Crocodilia indet. Owen 1842
spelled with current rank as Crocodylia
Reptilia - Testudines
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
synonym of Testudines
Mammalia - Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Dorudon atrox (Andrews 1906)
Masracetus sp. Gingerich 2007
Zalmout et al. 2012
Basilosaurus isis (Andrews 1904)
Mammalia - Sirenia
Sirenia indet. (Illiger 1811)
Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Dugongidae indet. Gray 1821
Zalmout et al. 2011
Eotheroides sp. Palmer 1899
Zalmout et al. 2012
Actinopteri - Perciformes
Xiphioidei indet. Swainson 1839
Chondrichthyes
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
Zalmout et al. 2012
Aetobatis sp. (Blainville 1816)
original and current combination Aetobatus
Chondrichthyes - Odontaspidida - Lamiostomatidae
Xiphodolamia serrata Adnet et al. 2009
Zalmout et al. 2012
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae
Hexanchus agassizi Cappetta 1976
Zalmout et al. 2012
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Propristis schweinfurthi Priem 1897
Zalmout et al. 2012
Anoxypristis sp. White and Moy-Thomas 1941
Zalmout et al. 2012
Pristis sp. Linck 1790
Pristis lathami Galeotti 1837
Zalmout et al. 2012
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo sp. Müller and Henle 1837
Physogaleus sp. Cappetta 1980
Zalmout et al. 2012
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Misrichthys stromeri
Zalmout et al. 2012
Negaprion fequens
Zalmout et al. 2012
Negaprion sp. Whitley 1940
Zalmout et al. 2012
Abdounia aff. minutissima (Winkler 1874)
Zalmout et al. 2012
Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929
Zalmout et al. 2012
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Carcharocles auriculatus (Blainville 1818)
recombined as Carcharodon auriculatus
Macrorhizodus praecursor (Leriche 1905)
Zalmout et al. 2012
Isurus praecursor Thurmond and Jones 1981
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Otodus cf. sokolowi
Zalmout et al. 2012
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias alabamensis
Zalmout et al. 2012
Alopias sp. Rafinesque 1810
Zalmout et al. 2012
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspidae
Brachycarcharias cf. twiggsensis (Case 1981)
Zalmout et al. 2012
unclassified
Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754
Echinoidea - Cassiduloida
Conoclypeus sp. Davies
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae
Aturia sp. Bronn 1838
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Anthozoa
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
see common names

Geography
Country:Egypt
Coordinates: 29.2° North, 27.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.6° North, 23.5° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Priabonian
Age range of interval:37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Daba'a
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: early Priabonian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,gray poorly lithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Dinoflagellates studied by El Beialy et al. (2019) were extracted by standard methods, suggesting poorly lithified lithology.
Environment:lagoonal
Geology comments: El Beialy et al. (2019) investigated the Dabaa Formation in the southern Qattara Depression and argued that the palynological assemblages reflect fluctuating conditions on the southern margin of the Tethys/Paratethys Ocean, with the frequent co-occurrence of Homotryblium floripes, Pediastrum and Botryococcus reflecting restricted and probably lagoonal marine environments influenced by seasonal river inflow.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Qattara Depression, Minqar Tabaghbagh
Database number:96952
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate,vertebrate
Created:2010-07-14 14:55:11 Last modified:2019-08-07 21:51:50
Access level:the public Released:2010-07-14 14:55:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
33316. H. J. van Vliet and G. A. el Khair. 2010. A new Eocene marine mammal site in the Qattara depression (Egypt). Cainozoic Research 7(1-2):73-77 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

33106 P. D. Gingerich. 2010. Cetacea. In L. Werdelin & W. J. Sanders (ed.), Cenozoic Mammals of Africa 873-899 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
39903 I. S. Zalmout, M. S. Antar, E.-B. Hatab and P. D. Gingerich. 2011. Late Eocene vertebrate faunas from the Qattara Depression in the Western Desert of Egypt. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of Americ 43(5):264 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
45231 I. S. Zalmout, M. S. M. Antar, E. A. Shafy, M. H. Metwally, E.-B. E. Hatab and P. D. Gingerich. 2012. Priabonian sharks and rays (Late Eocene: Neoselachii) from Minqar Tabaghbagh in the Western Qattara Depression, Egypt. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of MIchigan 32(6):71-90 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/O. Alfaro]