Ouadi Oum Hemaiet: Campanian, Egypt
collected by F. Priem
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Lamna appendiculata
Agassiz 1835
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Cretalamna appendiculata | |||||||
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Reptilia
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Reptilia indet.
Laurenti 1768
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Mosasauridae indet.
Gervais 1852
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Globidens aegyptiacus n. sp.
Zdansky 1935
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Zdansky 1935 | ||||||
| recombined as Igdamanosaurus aegyptiacus | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Egypt | State/province: | Ash Sharqiyah |
| Coordinates: | 29.7° North, 31.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 12.7° North, 27.7° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | phosphorite |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | F. Priem |
Metadata
| Database number: | 38670 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Carrano, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-04-28 08:47:48 | Last modified: | 2010-11-08 13:32:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-04-28 08:47:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10375. | F. Priem. 1914. Sur des vertébrés du Crétacé et de l'Éocène d'Égypte. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 14:366-382 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 73894 | O. Zdansky. 1935. Occurrence of mosasaurs in Egypt and in Africa in general. Bulletin de l'Institut d'Égypte 1:83-94 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |