Kharga Oasis (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Also known as Al-Wadi al-Jadid

Where: Al Wadi al Jadid, Egypt (25.3° N, 30.6° E: paleocoordinates 8.8° N, 26.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Quseir Formation, Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• Baris Formation now = Quseir Fm.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: paralic; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected in 1991-1992

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: C. S. Churcher and D. A. Russell. 1992. Terrestrial vertebrates from Campanians strata in Wadi el-Gedid (Kharga and Dakleh Oases), western desert of Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 12(3, suppl.):23A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 54082: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 22.09.2005, edited by Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae
"Ceratodus" tuberculatus Tabaste 1963 lungfish
jaw fragment
Reptilia
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
carapaces
 Loricata -
Dyrosauroidea indet. Jouve et al. 2021 crocodilian
skull
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet. theropod
teeth
 Saurischia -
Sauropoda indet. sauropod
limb bones