south slope, Gebel Maisara (7p) (Cretaceous of Egypt)

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

•also known as Bahariya Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray, yellow sandstone and ferruginous sandstone

• whitish-gray to yellowish, clayey, gypsum-free sandstone, below a cover of 30 cm of ferruginous sandstone and 1 m of hard clay

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

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Spinosauridae
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus Stromer 1915 tetanuran theropod