Gebel el Dist (7p): Early/Lower Cenomanian, Egypt
collected by R. Markgraf 1912

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Theropoda
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
Stromer 1934
Reptilia - Noasauridae
Bahariasaurus ingens Stromer 1934
Stromer 1934 1 specimen
BSP 1912 VIII 70
    = Deltadromeus agilis Sereno et al. 1996
Sereno et al. 1996
Reptilia - Carcharodontosauridae
? Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (Depéret and Savornin 1925)
Stromer 1934 1 specimen
Reptilia - Metriacanthosauridae
aff. Erectopus sauvagei Huene 1932
Stromer 1934 1 specimen
Reptilia - Spinosauridae
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus n. gen., n. sp. Stromer 1915
2 individuals
BSP 1915; type and additional vertebrae from same layer and area
Reptilia
Sauropoda indet. Marsh 1878
Stromer 1932 1 specimen
BSP 1912 VIII 64
aff. Aegyptosaurus sp. Stromer 1932
Stromer 1932 1 specimen
BSP 1912 VIII 65
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Onchopristis numidus (Haug 1905)
Stromer 1917
see common names

Geography
Country:Egypt State/province:Matruh
Coordinates: 28.4° North, 28.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:8.1° North, 23.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:113 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Cenomanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 5
*Period:Late/Upper Cretaceous *Epoch:Gallic
*International age/stage:Early/Lower Cenomanian
Key time interval:Early/Lower Cenomanian
Age range of interval:100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Baharîje
Local section:Gebel el Dist Local bed:7p
Local order:top to bottom
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: p (or "7p") is the lowest layer at the site

also known as Bahariya Formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,yellow sandstone
Secondary lithology:ferruginous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: whitish-gray to yellowish, clayey, gypsum-free sandstone, below a cover of 30 cm of ferruginous sandstone and 1 m of hard clay
Environment:marginal marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Size sorting:poor
Fragmentation:frequent
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:R. Markgraf Collection dates:1912
Metadata
Also known as:Spinosaurus type
Database number:25127
Authorizer:M. Carrano, M. Clapham Enterer:M. Carrano, M. Clapham
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2002-08-28 21:22:04 Last modified:2022-03-01 10:01:04
Access level:the public Released:2002-08-28 21:22:04
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
7054. 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]

Secondary references:

7098 P. C. Sereno, D. B. Dutheil, M. Iarochene, H. C. E. Larsson, G. H. Lyon, P. M. Magwene, C. A. Sidor, D. J. Varricchio, and J. A. Wilson. 1996. Predatory dinosaurs from the Sahara and Late Cretaceous faunal differentiation. Science 272:986-991 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
73926 E. Stromer. 1917. Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen Prof. E. Stromers in den Wüsten Ägyptens II. Wirbeltier-Reste der Baharîje-Stufe (unterstes Cenoman) 4. Die Säge des Pristiden Onchopristis numidus Haug sp. und über die Sägen der Sägehaie. Abhandlungen der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse 28(8):1-28 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
13906ETE 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]
13775ETE E. Stromer. 1934. Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen Prof. E. Stromers in den Wüsten Ägyptens. II. Wirbeltierreste der Baharîje-Stufe (unterstes Cenoman). 13. Dinosauria [Results of the expeditions of Professor E. Stromer in the Egyptian deserts. II. Vertebrate animal remains from the Baharîje bed (lowest Cenomanian). 13. Dinosauria]. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung, Neue Folge 22:1-79 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
65122 E. Stromer. 1936. Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen Prof. E. Stromers in den Wüsten Ägyptens. VII. Baharîje-Kessel und -Stufe mit deren Fauna und Flora. Eine ergänzende Zusammenfassung [Results of the expeditions of Professor E. Stromer in the Egyptian deserts. VII. Baharîje basin and layer with their fauna and flora. A complementary summary]. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung, Neue Folge 7:1-102 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
70903 P. Taquet. 2010. The dinosaurs of Maghreb: the history of their discovery. Historical Biology 22(1–3):88-99 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]