Also known as Lapparent site 32, Brachiosaurus nougaredi holotype, ZR 2
Where: Illizi, Algeria (28.1° N, 9.6° E: paleocoordinates 17.2° N, 9.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Taouratine Group, Late/Upper Jurassic (163.5 - 145.0 Ma)
• formation described as the "Taouratine series", sauropod from the upper half of the formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Nougarède, Claracq, Lapparent, & Busson in 1958
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
• forelimb, hind limb, and sacrum found separated from one another; excavated by Lapparent & Busson
Primary reference: A. F. d. Lapparent, P. Claracq, and F. Nougarède. 1958. Nouvelles découvertes de Vertébrés dans les séries continentales au Nord d'Edjeleh (Sahara central) [New discoveries of vertebrates in the continental series north of Edjeleh (central Sahara)]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris 247:2399-2402 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 25134: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 29.08.2002
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Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Osteichthyes | |
"Ceratodus tiguidiensis" = Arganodus tiguidiensis2
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Reptilia | |
Brachiosaurus nougaredi n. sp.1
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Protopodocarpoxylon | |
Protopodocarpoxylon sp. Eckhold 1922 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Weichselia sp. Stiehler 1857 |