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)
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"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
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