Quft (Cretaceous of Egypt)
Also known as Abydos
Where: Qina, Egypt (26.2° N, 31.9° E: paleocoordinates 9.2° N, 27.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; phosphorite
Size class: mesofossils
Collected by F. Priem
Primary reference: F. Priem. 1914. Sur des vertébrés du Crétacé et de l'Éocène d'Égypte. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 14:366-382 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 38671: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 28.04.2004
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Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes | |
Ceratodus humei n. sp.
Ceratodus humei n. sp. Priem 1914 lungfish | |
Reptilia | |
Plesiosauria indet. de Blainville 1835 plesiosaur | |
Chondrichthyes | |
"Lamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata
"Lamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark |