Gadoufaoua, G138 (Cretaceous to of Niger)

Also known as Kryptops type

Where: Agadez, Niger (16.4° N, 9.1° E: paleocoordinates 1.5° N, 3.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Elrhaz Formation (Tegama Group), Aptian to Aptian (125.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by P. C. Sereno

Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: P. C. Sereno and S. L. Brusatte. 2008. Basal abelisaurid and carcharodontosaurid theropods from the Lower Cretaceous Elrhaz Formation of Niger. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53(1):15-46 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 81086: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 03.06.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Carcharodontosauridae
Carcharodontosauridae indet. Stromer 1931 allosauroid
MNN GAD15
? Eocarcharia dinops Sereno and Brusatte 2008 allosauroid
MNN GAD1-2
 Theropoda - Abelisauridae
Kryptops palaios n. gen. n. sp.
Kryptops palaios n. gen. n. sp. Sereno and Brusatte 2008 ceratosaur
MNN GAD1-1, 1-3 to 1-8
 Pterosauria - Ornithocheiridae
Ornithocheiridae indet. pterosaur
MNN GAD16