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The most conspicuous fossils are the skeletons and bones of whales and sea cows, and over several hundred fossils of these have been documented. [9] Wādī al-Ḥītān (Whale Valley) is unusual in having such a large concentration of fossil whales (1500 marine vertebrate fossil skeletons) in a relatively small area.
Fossils of the early whale genus Saghacetus ("Sagha whale", originally named "Zeuglodon osiris") were first collected at Qasr al Sagha by German explorer Georg August Schweinfurth in January 1886 (a well-preserved dentary).
Researchers in Egypt unearthed one of the smallest early whale species. The basilosaurid is the oldest aquatic whale found in Africa, the new study said. Fossil discovery causes monumental shift ...
Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley) Faiyum: 2005 1186; viii (cultural) Wadi Al-Hitan is the most important fossil site to the study of the evolution of cetaceans from terrestrial to marine mammals. Excavations have uncovered numerous often complete fossils of the earliest order of whales, archaeoceti, in the last
George Schweinfurth, Geziret al-Qarn in Lake Qarun 1879 & Qasr al-Sagha Formation ancient 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 ...
Plan of a whale skeleton found in the Gehannam Formation in Wadi el-Hitan Site L-41 of the Gebel-Qatrani Formation. The fossils come from several geological Formations. Plant fossils only occur in large numbers in the Gebel-Qatrani Formation. On the other hand, invertebrates can be found in almost all rock units, while vertebrates are more ...
The Egyptian dinosaur fossil depicted there differs significantly from more recent Carcharodontosaurus found in Morocco,” said Maximilian Kellermann, the study’s first author. “Stromer’s ...
A 30 million-year-old nearly complete skull fossil found in Egypt has revealed a newfound species of hyaenodonta, an ancient apex carnivore. - Courtesy Hesham Sallam.