Where: Agadez, Niger (18.1° N, 7.7° E: paleocoordinates 17.4° S, 8.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Téloua Formation (Agadez Group), Early/Lower Triassic (252.2 - 247.2 Ma)
• lower part of formation, so-called "Téloua 1" layers
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, trace
Collected by A. Pacquet, P. Taquet, L. Ginsburg in 1965–1968
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: P. Taquet. 1967. Découvertes paléontologiques récentes dans le Nord du Niger [Recent paleontological discoveries in the north of Niger]. Colloques Internationaux du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 163:415-418 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 200662: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 12.04.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Chirotherium sp. Kaup 1835 archosaur |