Where: Matruh, Egypt (28.4° N, 28.9° E: paleocoordinates 8.1° N, 23.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Baharîje Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• p = 7p = lowest layer at site
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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 1911
Primary reference: E. Stromer. 1932. Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen Prof. E. Stromers in den Wüsten Ägyptens. II. Wirbeltierreste der Baharîje-Stufe (unterstes Cenoman). 11. Sauropoda [Results of the expeditions of Professor E. Stromer in the Egyptian deserts. II. Vertebrate animal remains from the Baharîje bed (lowest Cenomanian). 11. Sauropoda]. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung, Neue Folge 10:1-21 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 51744: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 15.06.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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