Fossil Wiki
Don't have an account?
Register
Advertisement
Register
in: Pages using ISBN magic links, Cretaceous paleontological sites of Africa, Paleontological site stubs

Bahariya Formation

Edit

The Bahariya Formation (Baharija Formation) is a fossil bearing geologic formation dating back to the Cenomanian, geographically located in Marsa Matruh, central Egypt.[1]

Fauna of the Baharija Formation[]

Lepidosaurs[]

Wiki This section requires expansion.

Sauropods[]

Sauropods of the Baharija Formation
Taxa Presence Description Images

Genus:

  1. A. baharijensis[1]
Dicraeosaurus hansemanni22

Dicraeosaurus

Paralititan1DB

Paralititan

Genus:

  1. cf. Dicraeosaurus sp.[1]

Genus:

  1. P. stromeri[1]

Infraorder:

  1. Indeterminate remains.[1]

Theropods[]

Theropods of the Baharija Formation
Taxa Presence Description Images

Genus:

  1. B. ingens[1]
  1. Also present in the Continental intercalaire
Carchar1

Carcharodontosaurus

Spinosaurus BW2

Spinosaurus

Genus:

  1. C. saharicus[1]
  1. Also present in the Kem Kem Formation and Continental intercalaire

Genus:

  1. D. agilis[1]
  1. Also present in the Kem Kem Formation

Genus:

  1. S. aegyptiacus[1]
  2. Spinosaurus sp.[1]
  1. Also present in the Turkana Grits, Kem Kem Formation, Echkar Formation, and Chenini Formation

Suborder:

  1. Undescribed form.[1]
  2. Indeterminate remains.[1]
  • The suborder of carnivorous dinosaurs.
  1. Placeholder.
  2. "(= Elaphrosaurus sp., cf. Erectopus sauvagei)"[1]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Weishampel, David B; et al (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, Africa)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 604. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
Dinosaur Park Fm
Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted.
Advertisement

Fan Feed

More Fossil Wiki