Also known as Dakhla
Where: Al Wadi al Jadid, Egypt (25.6° N, 29.3° E: paleocoordinates 9.3° N, 25.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Mut Member (Quseir Formation), Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• "a few metres below the Duwi Formation"
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deltaic; shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by Churcher in 1990-1991
Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), sieve,
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 54083: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 22.09.2005, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Enchodus sp.1 Agassiz 1835 | |
Reptilia | |
Mosasauridae indet. Gervais 1852 mosasaur | |
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Sauropoda indet. sauropod | |
Theropoda indet. theropod | |
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Chondrichthyes | |
Squalicorax sp. Whitley 1939 crow shark | |
Scapanorhynchus sp. Woodward 1889 goblin shark | |
cf. Onchosaurus sp. Gervais 1852 ray |