Gebel el Dist east (7m): 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
- Theropoda
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Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| BSP 1912 VIII 89 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Noasauridae
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Bahariasaurus ingens
Stromer 1934
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| BSP 1912 VIII 81, 82, 83 | ||||||||||
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= Deltadromeus agilis
Sereno et al. 1996
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Sereno et al. 1996 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Egypt | State/province: | Matruh |
| Coordinates: | 28.4° North, 29.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 8.1° North, 23.7° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 113 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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 | ||||
| Local section: | Gebel el Dist | Local bed: | 7m | ||
| Local order: | top to bottom | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 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: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Markgraf | Collection dates: | 1912 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 51745 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-06-15 13:59:03 | Last modified: | 2022-03-01 10:01:30 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-06-15 13:59:03 |
| 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:
| 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] |