Ebrechko (Cretaceous to of Niger)

Also known as Lapparent site 11

Where: Agadez, Niger (16.5° N, 8.0° E: paleocoordinates 6.0° N, 3.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Irhazer Shales Formation (Irhazer Group), Early/Lower Berriasian to Early/Lower Berriasian (145.0 - 136.4 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; shale and sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Lapparent & Joulia in 1946

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: A. F. d. Lapparent. 1958. Sur les Dinosauriens du "Continental intercalaire" du Sahara central [On the dinosaurs of the "Continental Intercalaire" of the central Sahara]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris 246:1237-1240 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 25193: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 01.09.2002

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia - Rebbachisauridae
Rebbachisaurus tamesnensis1 Lapparent 1957 sauropod
 Theropoda -
Elaphrosaurus iguidiensis n. sp.1 Lapparent 1957 theropod
"une nouvelle espèce"
Osteichthyes
 Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae
Ceratodus tuberculatus n. sp.2 Tabaste 1963 lungfish