El Qasr, horizon 2 (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (25.7° N, 29.0° E: paleocoordinates 12.1° N, 23.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Beris Oyster Mudstone Member (Dakhla Formation), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 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 224166: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.01.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
Anglonautilus hewaidyi Moneer et al. 2021
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites ovatus Say 1820 ammonite