Where: Matruh, Egypt (28.4° N, 28.9° E: paleocoordinates 8.1° N, 23.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Baharîje Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• layer p = 7p
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•also known as Bahariya Formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray, yellow sandstone and ferruginous sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by Markgraf in 1912
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: E. Stromer. 1915. Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen Prof. E. Stromers in den Wüsten Ägyptens. II. Wirbeltier-Reste der Baharîje-Stufe (unterstes Cenoman). 3. Das Original des Theropoden Spinosaurus aegyptiacus nov. gen., nov. spec. Abhandlungen der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-physikalische Klasse Abhandlung 28(3):1-31 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 49330: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 13.04.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus Stromer 1915 tetanuran theropod |