Also known as Dakhla Oasis
Where: Egypt (25.5° N, 29.2° E: paleocoordinates 12.1° N, 23.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Dakhla Shale Formation, Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• Very base of the Dakhla Shale, just above the white phosphatic limestone marking the top of the Duwi Formation
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; gray mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by New Valley University in 2021
Primary reference: A. A. Shaker, N. R. Longrich, A. Strougo, A. Asan, N. Bardet, M. K. Mousa, A. A. Tantawy and G. A. Abu El-Kheir. 2023. A new species of Halisaurus (Mosasauridae: Halisaurinae) from the lower Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) of the Western Desert, Egypt. Cretaceous Research 154:105719 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/F. Aspromonte]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 231937: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 06.10.2023
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Halisaurus hebae n. sp., Prognathodon sp.
Halisaurus hebae n. sp. Shaker et al. 2023 mosasaur NVP030 (holotype), incomplete disarticulated skull, isolated teeth, mandible and eight associated cervical and trunk vertebrae
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