Also known as Jon's Birthday Site
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)
• low in exposed part of formation; Baharîje or Bahariya Formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; intraclastic, shelly/skeletal, cherty/siliceous wackestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected in 2000-2001
Collection methods: quarrying,
Primary reference: B. S. Grandstaff, J. B. Smith, M. C. Lamanna, K. J. Lacovara, and M. S. Abdel-Ghani. 2012. Bawitius, gen. nov., a giant polypterid (Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii) from the Upper Cretaceous Bahariya Formation of Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(1):17-26 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 123976: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 04.02.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Vertebrata indet. vertebrate | |
Gnathostomata | |
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish | |
Cladistia | |
Bawitius bartheli Schaal 1984 bichir | |
Osteichthyes | |
Dipnoi indet. lungfish | |
Coelacanthimorpha | |
Coelacanthiformes indet. Berg 1937 coelacanth | |
Reptilia | |
Squamata indet. squamates | |
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Crocodyliformes indet. Hay 1930 crocodilian | |
Dinosauria indet. Owen 1842 dinosaur | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Selachii indet. shark | |
Batoidea indet. ray |