Stolokrosuchus type, Gadoufaoua (Cretaceous to of Niger)

Where: Agadez, Niger (16.4° N, 9.1° E: paleocoordinates 1.5° N, 3.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; coarse-grained, red sandstone

• Coarse red and light sandstones

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Sereno et al. in 1997

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: H. C. E. Larsson and B. Gado. 2000. A new Early Cretaceous crocodyliform from Niger. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 217(1):131-141 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 118039: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 04.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Loricata - Peirosauridae
Stolokrosuchus lapparenti n. gen. n. sp. Larsson and Gado 2000 crocodilian
MNN GDF600 - holotype (nearly complete cranium) and referred material: MNN GDF601 (right angular found next to the cranium) and MNN GDF602 (left mandible found approximately 2 m from the holotype)