Brezina (Cretaceous of Algeria)

Where: El Bayadh, Algeria (33.1° N, 1.3° E: paleocoordinates 18.6° N, 2.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: A. Regagba, L. Mekahili, N. Benhamou, N. Hammadi, and A. Zekri. 2007. Decouverte d’empreintes de pas de dinosauriens (theropodes et sauropodes) dans les “Grès des Ksour” du Crétacé inférieur de la region d’El Bayadh (Atlas saharien central, Algérie) [Discovery of dinosaur footprints (theropods and sauropods) in the “Ksour Sandstones” in the Lower Cretaceous of the El Bayadh region (central Saharan Atlas, Algeria)]. Bulletin du Service Géologique National 18(2):141-159 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 206288: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 08.11.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes -
Lepidotes sp. Agassiz 1832 gar
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Pycnodus sp. Agassiz 1833
 Tetraodontiformes - Eotrigonodontidae
Reptilia
 Theropoda - Carcharodontosauridae
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Depéret and Savornin 1925 allosauroid
teeth
 Crocodylia -
Crocodylia indet. Owen 1842 crocodilian
teeth