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Ouadi Oum Hemaiet, Giza Governorate, Egypt
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 29.6667,31.5333 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Ash Sharqiyah, Egypt |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Giza Governorate, Egypt |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Ouadi Oum Hemaiet | Priem F. (1914) | phosphorite | 83.6 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Cretolamna appendiculata species | Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Cretoxyrhinidae : Cretolamna : Cretolamna appendiculata | 83.6 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Reptilia class | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia | 83.6 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Mosasauridae family | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Mosasauridae | 83.6 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
Priem F. (1914) Sur des vertébrés du Crétacé et de l'Éocène d'Égypte, Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 14, 366-382 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!