Gebel Duwi: Late/Upper Campanian, Egypt

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax yangaensis (Dartevelle and Casier 1943)
Squalicorax aff. crassidens (Cope 1872)
Squalicorax microserratus Cappetta et al. 2014
Squalicorax pristodontus (Agassiz 1835)
see common names

Geography
Country:Egypt
Coordinates: 26.1° North, 34.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:9.3° North, 29.4° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Late/Upper Campanian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Duwi
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Collected from five distinct phosphorite horizons
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified phosphorite
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ)
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Geological Museum, Helwan University
Metadata
Database number:223259
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2021-11-06 23:11:11 Last modified:2021-11-06 23:11:11
Access level:the public Released:2021-11-06 23:11:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
78518. Y. Salama, N. G. Altoom, A. A. Allam, J. S. Ajarem, and S. Abd-Elhameed. 2021. Late Cretaceous anacoracid sharks (Squalicorax) from Duwi Formation, Gebel Duwi, central Eastern Desert, Egypt: qualitative and quantitative analyses. Historical Biology 33:3056-3064 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]