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Reviewing on the sedimentological and vertebrate paleontological aspects of the Upper Cretaceous exposures in Kharga Oasis, Egypt.

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Last updated: 20 Jan 2025

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The Late Cretaceous in Egypt attracts great attention from paleontologists since its end coincides with the mass extinction of several vertebrate groups from which reptiles such as dinosaurs and non-avian dinosaurs and plesiosaurs. The Cretaceous sequences of the Southwestern Desert of Egypt contain assemblages of terrestrial and marine fossils. The Qauseir Formation composed mainly of variegated shale of Campanian age. This formation is exposed at the Darb El Arbien located between Kharga and Beris and to the south of Beris. These strata contain many fragments of Sauropods dinosaurs, crocodyliforms and turtles. The Campanian succession of Kharga Oasis is witnessed the main transgression of the Tethyan sea to the Western Desert of Egypt. This study focusses on reviewing the Late Cretaceous deposits of Kharga Oasis along the extension of Darb El Arbien, containing the highly diversity and abundance of terrestrial vertebrate fossils and petrified wood.

DOI

10.21608/nujbas.2025.290168.1023

Keywords

Upper Cretaceous, Campanian, Kharga, Western Desert, Egypt

Authors

First Name

Sara

Last Name

Mohsen

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Geology Department, Faculty of Science, New Valley University, Al-Kharga, New Valley, 72511 Egypt.

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saramohsen1711@gmail.com

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Abdel Gawad

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Korany

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Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt.

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mkabdelgawad@gmail.com

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First Name

Abdel Aziz

Last Name

Tantawy

MiddleName

Abdel Razek

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Geology Department, Faculty of Science, New Valley University, Al-Kharga, New Valley, 72511 Egypt.

Email

aatantawy@nv.aun.edu.eg

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Orcid

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Mousa

MiddleName

Kamel

Affiliation

Geology Department, Faculty of Science, New Valley University, Al-Kharga, New Valley, 72511 Egypt.

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mohamedkamel.sci@sci.nvu.edu.eg

City

Kharga

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0000-0002-9951-1905

First Name

Gebely

Last Name

Abu El-Kheir

MiddleName

Abdelmaksoud

Affiliation

Geology Department, Faculty of Science, New Valley University, Al-Kharga, New Valley, 72511 Egypt.

Email

gebely2006@sci.nvu.edu.eg

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Kharga

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2

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2

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51984

Issue Date

2024-12-01

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2024-05-16

Publish Date

2024-12-01

Page Start

73

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80

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2812-4839

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2812-572X

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NUJBAS_Volume 2_Issue 2_Pages 73-80.pdf

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New Valley University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

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Reviewing on the sedimentological and vertebrate paleontological aspects of the Upper Cretaceous exposures in Kharga Oasis, Egypt.

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20 Jan 2025