Also known as Dakhleh Oasis, Dakhla
Where: Al Wadi al Jadid, Egypt (25.5° N, 29.5° E: paleocoordinates 9.2° N, 25.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Mut Member (Quseir Formation), Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deltaic; shale
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: surface (float),
Primary reference: C. S. Churcher and G. De Iuliis. 2001. A new species of Protopterus and a revision of Ceratodus humei (Dipnoi: Ceratodontiformes) from the Late Cretaceous Mut Formation of eastern Dakhleh Oasis, Western Desert of Egypt. Palaeontology 44(2):305-323 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 97761: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 27.08.2010, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Spinosaurus sp. Stromer 1915 tetanuran theropod | |
Osteichthyes | |
| |
Actinopteri | |
|