Fossils of Egypt
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Egypthas many fossil-bearinggeologic formations,in which manydinosaurshave been discovered.
Scientists
[edit]- Ernst Stromer
- Richard Markgraf,early 1900s, (he died inSinnurisofGizain 1916)
- A. B. Orlebar,Fayoum 1845
- George Schweinfurth,Geziret al-Qarn inLake Qarun1879 &Qasr al-Sagha Formationancient whale fossils named Zeuglodom osiris.
- Hugh Beadnell,Fayoum 1898
- Charles Andrews,1901, they unearthed a wealth of fossils Palaeomastodon, the oldest known elephant
- Eberhard Frass,Fayoum 1905
- Walter Granger&Henry F. Osborn,Fayoum 1907
- Wendell Phillips,1947
- Elwyn L. Simons,Fayoum 1961–1986
- Thomas M. Bown andDavid Tab Rasmussen,1980s
Fossils
[edit]Petrified Wood
[edit]Fayoum,Petrified woodprotectorate inNew-CairoArea/ Cairo-Suez desert road & entireWestern Desert of Egyptis covered in Petrified wood.
This is one of the clues that the region was a tropical climate. The petrified wood is very diverse and many samples are very beautiful, often actually littering the ground in certain areas.
Reptiles
[edit]- Turtlefossils inFayoum
- Testudo ammon,a large land tortoise
- Podocnemis blanckenhorniriver turtle
- Stereogenys pelomedusatropical land turtles
- Gigantic snake fossils found in theQasr al-Sagha Formation.
- Tomistoma,a crocodile type animal.
Birds
[edit]The area ofUgandaborderingLake Victoriaand the upperNile Riverarea is not unlike the climate of the Fayoum long ago, where many bird fossils have been discovered.
- ospreys(Pandionidae)
- Gigantic shoebilledstork(Balaenicipitidae)
- jacanas,sometimes called lily-trotters (Jacanidae)
- herons,egrets,rails(Rallidae)
- cranes(Gruidae)
- flamingos(Phoenicopteridae)
- storks(Ciconiidae)
- cormorants(Phalacrocoracidae)
- An ancient eagle namedAccipitridae
Mammals
[edit]- largeHyrax(Megalohyrax oecaenus)
- Elephants
- mastodons
- Fayoum's whaleorZeuglodonor more precisely theBasilosaurusin Fayoum'sWadi Zeuglodon(orwadi al-Hitan,Whale Valley)
- Another whale in Wadi Zeuglodon is theDorudon
- Primitive whale from Fayum DepressionPhiomicetus
- Arsinoitherium,a rhinoceros like animal with two horns
- Elephants (mastodons) in Fayoum
- Apterodon
- Pterodon
- Hyaenodon
- Sirenia(Sea Cow)
Primates
[edit]The Fayoum primates
- The Lower sequence primates
- The upper sequence primates
- Parapithecus fraasi
- Parapithecus grangeri
- Aegyptopithecus zeuxis
- Propliopithecus,(P. chirobates, P. ankeli, P. haeckeli and P. markgrafi)
Dinosaurs
[edit]- Aegyptosaurus
- Bahariasaurus
- Carcharodontosaurus
- Deltadromeus
- ’’Igai’’
- ‘’Inosaurus’’
- Mansourasaurus
- Paralititan
- Spinosaurus
Fossil sites
[edit]- Wadi Al-Hitan
- Bahariya Formation
- Jebel Qatrani Formation
- Nubian Sandstone
- Qasr el Sagha Formation
- Upper Cretaceous Phosphates
- Variegated Shale
- Madwar al-Bighal
- Moghra Oasis
See also
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