BDP 2000-18 (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Also known as Gebel El Fagga

Where: Al Jizah, Egypt (28.3° N, 29.0° E: paleocoordinates 8.0° N, 23.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Baharîje Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• also known as Bahariya Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: paralic; poorly lithified, brown shale

• "intertidal deposits...low-energy paralic sediments, representing vegetated tidal flats and tidal channels...The Paralititan quarry spans both tidal channel and vegetated tidal flat facies. In situ plant roots, throughout the bone layer, indicate limited water depth, and fine-grained sediments suggest low current velocities."
• "a brown friable shale, rich in rhizoliths and plant remains"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: J. B. Smith, M. C. Lamanna, K. J. Lacovara, P. Dodson, and Y. Attiya. 2000. An enormous sauropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(3 (suppl.)):70A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 47136: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 15.02.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Theropoda - Carcharodontosauridae
cf. Carcharodontosaurus sp.
cf. Carcharodontosaurus sp. Stromer 1931 allosauroid
 Saurischia -
Paralititan stromeri n. gen. n. sp.
Paralititan stromeri n. gen. n. sp. Smith et al. 2001 sauropod