Also known as Lapparent site 6, Gour Oulad Yahya
Where: Adrar, Algeria (26.8° N, 0.8° E: paleocoordinates 16.1° N, 2.5° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pebbly Sands Member (Lower Clay-Sandstone Formation), Early/Lower Berriasian to Early/Lower Berriasian (145.0 - 99.6 Ma)
• from the Pebbly Sands (subunit A-3) of Unit A (Lower Clay-Sandstone); former "Continental Intercalaire"
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandy conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by A. F. de Lapparent in 1946
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: A. F. d. Lapparent. 1960. Les Dinosauriens du "Continental intercalaire" du Saharal central [The dinosaurs of the "Continental Intercalaire" of the central Sahara]. Mémoires de la Société géologique de France, nouvelle série 39(88A):1-57 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 25143: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 29.08.2002
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Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Rebbachisaurus tamesnensis Lapparent 1957 sauropod |