Gebel el Dist: Late Cenomanian, Egypt
collected by MUVP 2016, 2018
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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| Salem 2023 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Pterosauria
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| Salem 2023 | 1 individual | |||||||||
| MUVP 507, a nearly complete, three-dimensionally preserved left first wing phalanx (= left manual phalanx IV-1) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Abelisauridae
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| 1 individual | ||||||||||
| MUVP 477, cervical vertebra | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Egypt | State/province: | Giza |
| Coordinates: | 28.4° North, 28.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 12.9° North, 34.8° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
| Key time interval: | Late Cenomanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.5 - 93.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Bahariya |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "cross stratification",fine,concretionary,ferruginous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | "floodplain" |
| Geology comments: "fluvial floodplain" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | BSP | ||
| Collectors: | MUVP | Collection dates: | 2016, 2018 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 226126 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2022-06-17 13:23:02 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2022-06-17 13:23:02 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 81941. | B. S. Salem, M. C. Lamanna, P. M. O'Connor, G. M. El-Qot, F. Shaker, W. A. Thabet, S. El-Sayed and H. M. Sallam. 2022. First definitive record of Abelisauridae (Theropoda: Ceratosauria) from the Cretaceous Bahariya Formation, Bahariya Oasis, Western Desert of Egypt. Royal Society Open Science 9(6):220106:1-12 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 85564 | B. S. Salem. 2023. Geological and Paleontological Studies on New Pterosaur and Crocodyliform Fossils From the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Bahariya Formation, Bahariya Oasis, Egypt 1-225 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |