Gebel el Dist, Bahariya Oasis: Late/Upper Cenomanian, Egypt
collected by Dominik, Schaal 1980, 1981, 1985

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Carcharoides planidens (Williston 1900)
nomen dubium belonging to Odontaspididae
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax baharijensis (Stromer 1927)
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Chiloscyllium mereretiae n. sp. Werner 1989
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Orectoloboides multistriatus n. sp. Werner 1989
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Isidobatus tricarinatus n. gen., n. sp. Werner 1989
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Ptychotrygonidae
Ptychotrygon henkeli n. sp. Werner 1989
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Baharipristis bastetiae n. gen., n. sp. Werner 1989
Onchopristis numidus (Haug 1905)
Renpetia labiicarinata n. gen., n. sp. Werner 1989
Marckgrafia libyca Weiler 1935
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes
Sechmetia aegyptiaca (Stromer 1927)
Mafdetia tibniensis n. gen., n. sp. Werner 1989
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Peyeria libyca Weiler 1935
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
Asteracanthus aegyptiacus Stromer 1927
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus aschersoni Stromer 1927
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes
Lissodus bartheli Werner 1989
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Distobatidae
Aegyptobatus kuehnei Werner 1989
Distobatus sp. Werner 1989
Distobatus nutiae Werner 1989
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Gymnuridae
Gymnura laterialata n. sp. Werner 1989
see common names

Geography
Country:Egypt
Coordinates: 28.4° North, 28.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:8.1° North, 23.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Cenomanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 5
Key time interval:Late/Upper Cenomanian
Age range of interval:100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bahariya Member:Gebel Dist
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Surface collecting in 1980 and 1981, and bulk collecting in 1985 about 25 m below the so-called "colored wall" in the basal part and about 18 m below the distinctive "main sandstone" in the middle part of the Gebel Dist Member. Dominik (1985) reported the early Late Cenomanian ammonite Neolobites vibrayeanus from both the Gebel Dist Member (upper part) and the El Heiz Member (now Formation), confirmed by Wiese & Schulze, 2005 in their review of north African Neolobites. Malchus (1990) also compared the oysters from throughout the Gebel Dist Member with ones from the Egyptian eastern desert, dated by good ammonite age control as early Late Cenomanian.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "siliciclastic"
Environment:marginal marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,surface (in situ)
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Dominik, Schaal Collection dates:1980, 1981, 1985
Collection method comments: Repository: Technische Universität Berlin
Metadata
Database number:214508
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2020-10-03 21:54:20 Last modified:2020-10-03 22:07:27
Access level:the public Released:2020-10-03 21:54:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
73914. C. Werner. 1989. Die Elasmobranchier-Fauna des Gebel Dist Member der Bahariya Formation (Obercenoman) der Oase Bahariya, Ägypten. Palaeo Ichthyologica 5:1-112 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]