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

Osteichthyes
 Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae
Ceratodus humei n. sp. Priem 1914 lungfish
Reptilia
 Plesiosauria -
Plesiosauria indet. de Blainville 1835 plesiosaur
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Lamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata
"Lamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark