34 km southwest of El Rhaz (Cretaceous of Niger)

Also known as Elrhaz

Where: Agadez, Niger (16.4° N, 9.2° E: paleocoordinates 0.5° N, 3.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Elrhaz Formation (Tegama Group), Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• "Tegama sandstones"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

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 25197: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 01.09.2002

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Carcharodontosauridae
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Depéret and Savornin 1925 allosauroid
MNHN Td.2250