Birket Qarun Formation
143 distinct taxa, from 373 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 41–34 Mya.
Fayum · EG
143 taxa · 373 fossils · 41–34 MyaMembers recorded: Umm Rigl, Temple, lower.
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13 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
When
What has been found
- Dorudon atrox
- Myliobatis
- Negaprion
- Basilosaurus isis
- Rhinoptera
- Rhizoprionodon
- Abdounia
- Anoxypristis
- Burnhamia
- Carcharhinus
- Eotheroides clavigerum
- Macrorhizodus praecursor
- Eoplinthicus
- Eotheroides sandersi
- Brachycarcharias twiggsensis
- Coupatezia
- Hemipristis
- Leptocharias tunisiensis
- Misrichthys stromeri
- Alopias
- Anoxypristis mucrodens
- Carcharhinus frequens
- Gymnura
- Hexanchus
- Neotrygon
- Otodus (Carcharocles) sokolowi
- Physogaleus
- Platyrhinoidis
- Rhynchobatus
- Abdounia minutissima
- Aetobatus
- Carcharias
- Dasyatidae
- Eosiren libyca
- Eosiren stromeri
- Galeocerdo
- Hemipristis curvatus
- Leidybatis
- Lophobatis
- Moerigaleus vitreodon
The 40 most often recorded, of 143.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.