A new Priabonian Chondrichthyans assemblage from the Western desert, Egypt: Correlation with the Fayum oasis

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-37

  Adnet, S ^a   Cappetta, H ^a   Elnahas, S ^b   Strougo, A ^c  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b Department of Geology ^*  (Egypt)

^c Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Correlations; Egypt; Fayum; Priabonian; Selachian; Western desert

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHARK; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TAXONOMY;

BAHARIYA OASIS; EGYPT; GIZA [EGYPT]; WESTERN DESERT;

CRETOLAMNA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79960124253     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 18791956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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