Also known as Aswan
Where: Aswan, Egypt (23.5° N, 33.1° E: paleocoordinates 4.2° N, 27.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Abu Agag Formation, Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)
• in "Unit D"
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coarse channel fill; pebbly sandstone and medium-grained, coarse sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, trace
Collected in 1983
Collection methods: surface (float),
Primary reference: G. R. Demathieu and P. Wycisk. 1990. Tetrapod trackways from southern Egypt and northern Sudan. Journal of African Earth Sciences 10(3):435-443 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 138679: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 25.01.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Rhynchosauroides sp. Maidwell 1911 squamates | |
Osteichthyes | |
"cf. Gallegosichnus sp." = Dicynodontipus
"cf. Gallegosichnus sp." = Dicynodontipus Rühle von Lilienstern 1944 therapsid | |