Also known as Carcharodontosaurus genotype site

Where: Al Jizah, Egypt (28.3° N, 29.1° E: paleocoordinates 8.0° N, 23.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Bahariya Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by R. Markgraf in 1911, 1914, 1922

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: E. Stromer. 1931. Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen Prof. E. Stromers in den Wüsten Ägyptens. II. Wirbeltier-Reste der Baharîjestufe (unterstes Cenoman). 10. Ein Skelett-Rest von Carcharodontosaurus nov. gen. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung, Neue Folge 9:1-23 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 25126: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 28.08.2002

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