S12, 60 km southeast of Arlit (Permian of Niger)

Where: Agadez, Niger (18.3° N, 7.7° E: paleocoordinates 17.1° S, 8.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Moradi Formation (Izégouandane Group), Lopingian (259.9 - 252.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified mudstone

• Moradi Formation geology is covered in: Smith, R. M. H., C. A. Sidor, N. J. Tabor, and J.-S. Steyer. 2015. Sedimentology and vertebrate taphonomy of the Moradi Formation of northern Niger: a Permian wet desert in the tropics of Pangaea. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 440:128–141.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: C. A. Sidor, O. Ide, H. C. E. Larsson, F. R. O'Keefe, R. M. H. Smith, J.-S. Steyer, and S. P. Modesto. 2022. The vertebrate fauna of the upper Permian of Niger—XI. Cranial material of a juvenile Moradisaurus grandis (Reptilia: Captorhinidae). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 41(5) [C. Sidor/C. Sidor/J. Falconnet]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 227010: authorized by Chris Sidor, entered by Chris Sidor on 19.08.2022

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Eureptilia - Captorhinidae
Moradisaurus grandis
Moradisaurus grandis Taquet 1969 eureptile