Alrar (Jurassic to of Algeria)

Also known as Lapparent site 3c

Where: Illizi, Algeria (28.4° N, 9.1° E: paleocoordinates 17.7° N, 9.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Taouratine Formation, Early/Lower Oxfordian to Early/Lower Oxfordian (161.2 - 145.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red sandstone and lithified sandstone

• red sandstones below the top of the quartzitic "flagstone" that tops the Taouratine series

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by G. Busson

Primary reference: A. F. d. Lapparent. 1957. The Cretaceous dinosaurs of Africa and India. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 2:109-112 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 25136: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 29.08.2002

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia -