Also known as field locality 94, Laganemys type
Where: Agadez, Niger (16.4° N, 9.1° E: paleocoordinates 1.5° N, 3.7° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Elrhaz Formation (Tegama Group), Aptian to Aptian (125.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• GAD 5 level in the Elrhaz Formation, Illumeden Basin; Aptian–Albian
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: "channel"; medium-grained sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by P. C. Sereno in 2000
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: P. C. Sereno and S. J. ElShafie. 2013. A New Long-Necked Turtle, Laganemys tenerensis (Pleurodira: Araripemydidae), from the Elrhaz Formation (Aptian–Albian) of Niger. In D. B. Brinkman, P. A. Holroyd, J. D. Gardner (eds.), Morphology and Evolution of Turtles 215-250 [R. Benson/R. Benson/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 133668: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 21.09.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Suchomimus tenerensis Sereno et al. 1998 tetanuran theropod Articulated specimen of Suchomimus (specimen number not given, but as it was collected in 2000 it cannot be a specimen from the original paper [Sereno et al. 1998])
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"Laganemys tenerensis n. gen. n. sp." = Taquetochelys decorata
"Laganemys tenerensis n. gen. n. sp." = Taquetochelys decorata de Broin 1980 sideneck turtle In 2000 a nearly complete turtle skeleton [MNN GAD28] was recovered in the Elrhaz Formation (Aptian–Albian) of Niger (Sereno and ElShafie 2009). It was found 15–20 cm below the mid section of a skeleton of the large spinosaurid dinosaur, Suchomimus tenerensis.
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