Irhazer tracksite (Jurassic of Niger)

Where: Agadez, Niger (16.8° N, 7.6° E: paleocoordinates 8.5° N, 2.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Irhazer II Formation (Irhazer Group), Middle Jurassic (174.7 - 161.5 Ma)

• or Irhazer Shales

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; fine-grained, silty sandstone and red mudstone

• "...fine-grained, silty sandstone exposed by erosion from seasonal flooding in an active wadi system. The tracks are preserved as natural moulds in the original track bearing stratum normally filled with the original overlying mudstone of dark red colour."

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, trace

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: A. Mudroch, U. Richter, U. Joger, R. Kosma, O. Idé and A. Maga. 2011. Didactyl tracks of paravian theropods (Maniraptora) from the ?Middle Jurassic of Africa. PLoS One 6(2):e14642:1-10 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 201817: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 29.05.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Paravipus didactyloides n. gen. n. sp.
Paravipus didactyloides n. gen. n. sp. Mudroch et al. 2011 maniraptoran
trackways A-E