Belvédère trackway, Djurdjura (Triassic of Algeria)

Also known as Bkherdous

Where: Tizi Ouzou, Algeria (36.5° N, 4.2° E: paleocoordinates 0.7° N, 10.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Haizer-Akouker Formation, Illyrian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• middle unit of the "dorsale calcaire" of the Djurdjura Mtns.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; fine-grained, quartzose, gray, yellow sandstone

• "fine-grained grey-yellowish sandstones"; "quartz sandstones"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Collected in 1983

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: Z. Kotański, G. Gierliński, and T. Ptaszyński. 2004. Reptile tracks (Rotodactylus) from the Middle Triassic of the Djurdjura Mountains in Algeria. Geological Quarterly 48(1):89-96 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 196719: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 02.10.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Pseudosuchia - Rotodactylidae
Rotodactylus cf. bessieri Demathieu 1984 archosaur
Muz. PIG 1672.II.1