Gebel Mandisha: Early/Lower Cenomanian, Egypt
collected by Markgraf 1912
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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cf. Elaphrosaurus bambergi
Janensch 1920
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1 specimen | ||||||
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= Tetanurae indet.
Gauthier 1986
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Rauhut and Carrano 2016 | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Metriacanthosauridae
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aff. Erectopus sauvagei
Huene 1932
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
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Ornithopoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Egypt | State/province: | Al Jizah |
| Coordinates: | 28.4° North, 28.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 8.1° North, 23.6° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Cenomanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Baharîje | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: also known as Bahariya Formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | ferruginous,yellow claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: yellow, iron-rich claystone | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Markgraf | Collection dates: | 1912 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Gebel Mandi, Gebel Mandische | ||
| Database number: | 51746 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-06-15 14:06:39 | Last modified: | 2022-03-01 10:00:22 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-06-15 14:06:39 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13775. | ETE | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 80668 | O. W. M. Rauhut and M. T. Carrano. 2016. The theropod dinosaur Elaphrosaurus bambergi Janensch, 1920, from the Late Jurassic of Tendaguru, Tanzania. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 178(3):546-610 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |