section 40/83 (Location 1) (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Also known as Aswan

Where: Aswan, Egypt (23.5° N, 33.0° E: paleocoordinates 4.3° N, 26.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Abu Agag Formation, Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)

• in "Unit B"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: crevasse splay; bioturbated siltstone and bioturbated, fine-grained siltstone

• "a low-energy environment within this fluvial succession." Unit B - channel top sediments, possibly overbank
• "intercalated standstones and highly bioturbated sand-siltstone layers which are horizontal and wavy bedded. Horizontally laminated and thin bedded fine-grained sandstones as well as flaser- and ripple cross-lamination characterize a low-energy environment within this fluvial succession."

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 138678: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 25.01.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
  -
Corophium sp.
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli -
Capitosauroides sp.
Capitosauroides sp. Haubold 1971 tetrapod
1st trackway
Reptilia
 Pseudosuchia - Rotodactylidae
cf. Rotodactylus sp.
cf. Rotodactylus sp. Peabody 1948 archosaur
3rd trackway
 Ornithischia -
? Ornithischia indet.
? Ornithischia indet. ornithischian
4th trackway
 Squamata -
Rhynchosauroides sp.
Rhynchosauroides sp. Maidwell 1911 squamates
2nd trackway
 Ichnofossils -
Scoyenia sp., Planolites sp., cf. Spirodesmos sp.
Scoyenia sp. White 1929
Planolites sp. Nicholson 1873
cf. Spirodesmos sp. Andree 1920