Gaga and Baris, southern Kharga Oasis (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Where: Al Wadi al Jadid, Egypt (24.7° N, 30.6° E: paleocoordinates 8.3° N, 26.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Quseir Formation, Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. C. Lamanna, J. B. Smith, Y. S. Attia and P. Dodson. 2004. From dinosaurs to dyrosaurids (Crocodyliformes): removal of the post-Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) record of Ornithischia from Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(3):764-768 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 114015: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 09.08.2011

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Loricata -
Dyrosauroidea indet. Jouve et al. 2021 crocodilian
CGM 30975 (complete left humerus associated with fragments of the cranium and dorsal ribs); originally considered to represent an ornithischian (Awad and Ghobrial, 1966)