Birket Qarun Formation
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The Birket Qarun Formation is an Eocene aged formation in Egypt. It is part of the famous Wadi al Hitan. Notable fossils include the ancient whales Basilosaurus and Dorudon as well as sirenians Eother
Dorudon fossil at Wadi El Hitan, Egypt, 2014
Extant representatives of the genus
Extant representatives of the genus
Extant representatives of the genus
Pterosphenus
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Pterosphenus is an extinct genus of marine snake of the Eocene period.
Birket Qarun Formation
…25641) A giant madtsoiid snake Procerophis sp. Umm Rigl Member Birket Qarun MUVP 454, an isolated mid- trunk vertebra Indeterminate legless squamate Pterosphenus schweinfurthi Umm Rigl Member Birket Qarun 5 anterior trunk vertebrae (DPC 21270, 21287, 24291, 25666, and 25667), 4 mid-trunk vertebrae (DPC 25607…
Pterosphenus
Boavus idelmani Holotype AMNH