Where: Egypt (25.9° N, 28.6° E: paleocoordinates 12.6° N, 23.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kharga Shale Member (Dakhla Formation), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, calcareous siltstone

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 224164: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.01.2022

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