Also known as Mahamîd

Where: Al Wadi Al Jadid, Egypt (25.9° N, 32.7° E: paleocoordinates 6.8° N, 26.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nubian Sandstone Formation, Cenomanian to Cenomanian (100.5 - 83.6 Ma)

• boundary between layers 3 and 4a

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Turmberg

Primary reference: E. Stromer and W. Weiler. 1930. Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen Prof. E. Stromers in den Wüsten Ägyptens. VI. Beschreibung von Wirbeltier-Resten aus dem nubischen Sandsteine Oberägyptens und aus ägyptischen Phosphaten nebst Bemerkungen über die Geologie der Umgegend von Mahamîd in Oberägypten [Results of the expeditions of Professor E. Stromer in the Egyptian deserts. IV. Description of vertebrate animal remains from the Nubian Sandstones of Lower Egypt and from the Egyptian Phosphates together with remarks about the geology of the Mahamîd region in Lower Egypt]. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung, Neue Folge 7:1-42 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 70456: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 23.03.2007

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