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_Dakhla
The Dakhla Formation is a Maastrichtian -Danian geologic formation in Egypt .[4] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus .[5]
Fossil content
Color key
Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text ; crossed out taxa are discredited.
Reptiles
Dinosaurs
Mosasaurs
Testudines
Fish
Invertebrates
Bivalves
Bivalves reported from the Dakhla Formation
Genus
Species
Presence
Material
Notes
Images
Apectoichnus
A. longissimus
Ammonite Hill Member.[1]
Borings in Nypa fruits.[1]
Bivalve borings.
Teredolites
T. clavatus
Ammonite Hill Member.[1]
32 moderately preserved borings (TBT02-33) & two badly preserved specimens (TBT44-45) in Nypa fruits.[1]
Bivalve borings.
Plants
See also
References
^ a b c d e f g El Hedeny, M.; Kassab, W.; Rashwan, M.; Abu El-Kheir, G.; AbdelGawad, M. (2020-07-01). "Bivalve borings in Maastrichtian fossilNypa fruits: Dakhla Formation, Bir Abu Minqar, South Western Desert, Egypt" . Ichnos . 28 (1): 24–33. doi :10.1080/10420940.2020.1784158 . ISSN 1042-0940 . S2CID 225527064 .
^ a b c d e f AbdelGawad, Mohamed K.; Abu El-Kheir, Gebely A.; Kassab, Walid G. (September 2021). "The youngest records of mosasaurid reptiles from the Upper Cretaceous of the South-Western Desert in Egypt" . Proceedings of the Geologists' Association . 132 (5): 556–562. Bibcode :2021PrGA..132..556A . doi :10.1016/j.pgeola.2021.07.004 . ISSN 0016-7878 .
^ "UPPER DAKHLA FORMATION ( BEIDA SHALE MEMBER) AT G. DUWI, RED SEA, EGYPT: MINERALOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL ASPECTS | Faculty of Science" . www.aun.edu.eg . Retrieved 2022-11-23 .
^ a b c d e Anan, Tarek I.; Abd El-Wahed, Ahmed G. (2017-12-15). "The Maastrichtian-Danian Dakhla Formation, Eastern Desert, Egypt: Utilization in manufacturing lightweight aggregates" . Applied Clay Science . 150 : 10–15. Bibcode :2017ApCS..150...10A . doi :10.1016/j.clay.2017.08.027 . ISSN 0169-1317 .
^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517–607.
^ a b c Rauhut, Oliver W M; Werner, Christa (January 1997). "First record of a Maastrichtian sauropod dinosaur from Egypt" . Palaeontolgia Africana . 34 : 63–67.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o de Lapparent, France; Werner, Christa (April 1998). "New Late Cretaceous turtles from the Western Desert, Egypt" . Annales de Paléontologie . 84 (2): 131–214. Bibcode :1998AnPal..84..131D . doi :10.1016/S0753-3969(98)80005-0 .
^ a b Abu El-Kheir, G. A.-M.; AbdelGawad, M. K.; Kassab, W. G. (2021). "First known gigantic sea turtle from the Maastrichtian deposits in Egypt" . Acta Palaeontologica Polonica . 66 (2): 349–355.
^ a b Capasso, Luigi; Abu El-kheir, Gebely Abdelmaksoud; Mousa, Mohamed Kamel; Tantawy, Abdel Aziz (December 2021). "ANOMOEODUS AEGYPTICUS N. SP. (PISCES, †PYCNODONTIFORMES) FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF THE DAKHLA FORMATION, WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT" . Thalassia Salentina (43): 89–104.
^ a b Abu El-Kheir; Tantawy; Mousa; Wahba; Capasso (2022-12-02). "Diastemapycnodus tavernensis gen. et sp. nov. (Actinopterygii, †Pycnodontiformes) from the marine Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of the Dakhla Formation, Western Desert, Egypt" . Historical Biology: A Journal of Paleobiology . 34 (12): 2324–2331. doi :10.1080/08912963.2021.2014482 . S2CID 245051336 .
^ El-Soughier, Maher I.; Mehrotra, R.C.; Zhou, Zhi-Yan; Shi, Gong-Le (January 2011). "Nypa fruits and seeds from the Maastrichtian–Danian sediments of Bir Abu Minqar, South Western Desert, Egypt" . Palaeoworld . 20 (1): 75–83. doi :10.1016/j.palwor.2010.09.016 . ISSN 1871-174X .
Bibliography
Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2 .