A NEW ODONTORHYTIS SPECIES (CHONDRICHTHYES) FROM THE MIDDLE EOCENE OF ELGEDIDA MINE, BAHARIYA OASIS, EGYPT | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Geology | ||||
| Article 25, Volume 63, Issue 1, 2019, Page 407-415 PDF (1.27 MB) | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/egjg.2019.216366 | ||||
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| Abstract | ||||
| During a systematic examination of a chondrichthyan assemblage collected from the middle Eocene (probably Lutetian) glauconitic sandstone bed overlying the iron ore of ElGedida mine, in the Bahariya oasis, the authors came across a large number of minute teeth belonging to genus Odontorhytis. By comparing these teeth to the already known species Odontorhytis pappenheimi from the middle-late Eocene (Bartonian-Priabonian) of Egypt, it appeared that they differ from the latter species by a number of consistent characters, and must be assigned to a new species– Odontorhytis bahariensis. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Keywords: Odontorhytis; new species; Chondrichthyes; Eocene; Egypt | ||||
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