Where: Egypt (26.5° N, 27.7° E: paleocoordinates 13.3° N, 22.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ammonite Hill Member (Dakhla Formation), Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: poorly lithified marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Repository: Geological Museum, Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University (CUGM)
Primary reference: E. S. M. Moneer, Y. S. Bazeen, and W. Kassab. 2021. Taxonomy and paleobiogeography of the Maastrichtian cephalopods from the Abu Monqar-west Dakhla stretch, Western Desert, Egypt. Historical Biology 33:3530-3541 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 224160: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.01.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Cephalopoda | |
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Baculites ovatus Say 1820 ammonite | |
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Sphenodiscus lobatus Tuomey 1856 ammonite | |
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Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) cf. neubergicus Hauer 1858 ammonite | |
|
Hercoglossa sp. Conrad 1866 | |
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Anglonautilus hewaidyi Moneer et al. 2021
Angulithes monqarensis n. sp. Moneer et al. 2021 | |