III.—Notes on the Geology of the Eastern Desert of Egypt

Barron, T. J.; Hume, W. F.

doi:10.1017/s0016756800178410

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“…These include Mosasaurinae [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28], Halisaurinae [29][30][31][32], Tylosaurinae [33], and Plioplatecarpinae [34][35][36][37], along with Pachyvaranidae [38], which may represent a primitive, basally diverging branch of Mosasauroidea. In Egypt, mosasaurids have previously been recorded from the Upper Cretaceous deposits of the Eastern Desert [39][40][41][42][43][44][45], the Nile Valley [46], and the Western Desert [47][48][49][50] (see Appendix A).…”

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A Prognathodontin Mosasaur from the Maastrichtian of the Dakhla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt

El-Kheir,

Shaker,

Street

et al. 2023

Fossil Studies

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Mosasaurs were diverse in the Upper Cretaceous in Africa, but relatively little is known about the mosasaur fauna of Egypt. Here, associated teeth and postcranial skeletal elements are reported for a mosasaur from the Maastrichtian Dakhla Shale of the Dakhla Oasis. The specimen includes tooth crowns, cervical, dorsal, and caudal vertebrae, and ribs. Teeth and bones exhibit features allowing referral to Prognathodontini. The teeth are relatively straight and blunt, suggesting affinities with Prognathodon overtoni or P. currii. Prognathodontins were important predators in the Maastrichtian of Africa, previously being recorded in Morocco, Congo, and Angola.

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