Naga el Ledaia, 3-4a: Cenomanian - Santonian, Egypt
collected by Turmberg
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| proximal tibia | ||||||||||
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= Abelisauroidea indet.
Bonaparte 1991
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Carrano et al. 2002 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Egypt | State/province: | Al Wadi Al Jadid |
| Coordinates: | 25.9° North, 32.7° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 6.8° North, 26.8° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Key time interval: | Cenomanian - Santonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Nubian Sandstone | ||||
| Local section: | Mahamîd | Local bed: | 3-4a | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: boundary between layers 3 and 4a | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collectors: | Turmberg |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Mahamîd | ||
| Database number: | 70456 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-03-23 10:18:12 | Last modified: | 2022-04-27 06:13:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-03-23 10:18:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 23630. | ETE | E. Stromer and W. Weiler. 1930. Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen Prof. E. Stromers in den Wüsten Ägyptens. VI. Beschreibung von Wirbeltier-Resten aus dem nubischen Sandsteine Oberägyptens und aus ägyptischen Phosphaten nebst Bemerkungen über die Geologie der Umgegend von Mahamîd in Oberägypten [Results of the expeditions of Professor E. Stromer in the Egyptian deserts. IV. Description of vertebrate animal remains from the Nubian Sandstones of Lower Egypt and from the Egyptian Phosphates together with remarks about the geology of the Mahamîd region in Lower Egypt]. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung, Neue Folge 7:1-42 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 9637 | M. T. Carrano, S. D. Sampson, and C. A. Forster. 2002. The osteology of Masiakasaurus knopfleri, a small abelisauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3):510-534 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |