100 km northwest of Shendi: Campanian - Maastrichtian, Sudan
collected by C. Werner
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Dipnoi
- Ceratodontidae
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Dipnomorpha
- Lepidosirenidae
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| "nov. sp." | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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| "2 taxa" | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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| "3 taxa" | ||||||||||
| phalanges | ||||||||||
| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| Vb-861, phalanx; "an undetermined small theropod with possible troodontid affinities" | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Caudata indet.
(Scopoli 1777)
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| "gen. et sp. nov." | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Sudan | State/province: | River Nile |
| Coordinates: | 17.2° North, 33.1° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 2.4° South, 34.2° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian - Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 - Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Campanian - Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.6 - 66 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Shendi | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Agyemang et al. 2019 U-Pb detrital zircon analyses provided a likely depositional age of the Wadi Milk formation as Campanian–Maastrichtian and the Wadi Milk Formation was likely a correlative unit to the Shendi Formation. Recent palynological work by Eisawi et al. (2012) and Eisawi (2015) on the subsurface part of the Shendi Formation however, indicates a much younger Campanian–Maastrichtian age. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | "floodplain" |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collectors: | C. Werner |
Metadata
| Database number: | 178525 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-05-06 15:41:00 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-05-06 15:41:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10388. | O. W. M. Rauhut. 1999. A dinosaur fauna from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of northern Sudan. Palaeontologia Africana 35:61-84 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 79685 | P. C. O. Agyemang, E. M. Roberts, R. Bussert, D. Evans, and J. Müller. 2019. U-Pb detrital zircon constraints on the depositional age and provenance of the dinosaur-bearing Upper Cretaceous Wadi Milk formation of Sudan. Cretaceous Research 97:52-72 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham/G. Varnham] |