Quseir Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Campanian ~ | |
Type | Geological formation |
Sub-units | Mut & El Hindaw Members |
Underlies | Duwi Formation |
Overlies | Unconformity with Taref Formation |
Thickness | at least 250 metres (820 ft) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Shale |
Other | Sandstone, siltstone, phosphorite |
Location | |
Location | Al Wadi al Jadid, New Valley |
Coordinates | 25°36′N29°06′E / 25.6°N 29.1°E |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 9°18′N24°54′E / 9.3°N 24.9°E |
Region | Kharga Oasis |
Country | Egypt |
The Quseir Formation is a geological formation in the vicinity of the Kharga Oasis in Egypt. [1] It is Campanian in age. [2] The lithology largely consists of soft shale with hard bands of sandstone, siltstone and phosphorite. [3] The environment of deposition was nearshore to freshwater fluvio-lacustrine characterized by moist and aquatic habitats with a tropical warm-humid climate. It is conformably overlain by the marine late Campanian-Maastrichtian Duwi Formation, and unconformably overlies the Turonian Taref Formation. The sauropod dinosaurs Mansourasaurus and Igai are known from the formation, [4] [5] as well as the proximal fibula of an indeterminate theropod [6] and possible remains tentively assigned to Spinosaurus. [7] [8] Additionally the lungfish genera Lavocatodus and Protopterus , [9] the crocodyliform Wahasuchus [10] and the bothremydid turtle Khargachelys are also known. [11]
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| Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Theropods including a proximal fibula and specimens tentatively assigned to Cenomanian theropod genera Spinosaurus and Carcharodontosaurus are now classified as Theropoda indet. [6] [12]
Sauropods of the Quseir Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Mansourasaurus [13] | M. shahinae | A lithostrotian titanosaur | ![]() | |||
Igai [14] | I. semkhu | A saltasaurid titanosaur | ![]() |
Theropods of the Quseir Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
cf.Abelisauridae [6] | Indeterminate | Proximal fibula (MUVP 187) [6] | ||||
Theropoda | Caudal vertebra (MUVP 199) [6] |
Bony fish of the Quseir Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Lavocatodus [9] | L. giganteus | A lavocatodid lungfish | ||||
L. humei | ||||||
L. protopteroides | ||||||
Protopterus [9] | P. nigeriensis | A protopterid lungfish | ||||
Lepisosteoidea [7] | Indeterminate | Mut Member |
Cartilaginous Fishes of the Quseir Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Scapanorhynchus | S. rapax [7] | Mut Member | Teeth | A close relative of the living goblin shark |
Crocodylomorpha of the Quseir Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Dyrosauridae indet. | Indeterminate | Mandibular symphysis [15] | ||||
Wahasuchus [16] | W. egyptensis | A mesoeucrocodylian |
Turtles of the Quseir Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Khargachelys | K. caironensis | A bothremydid side-necked turtle |