Jebel Segdel (Cretaceous of Tunisia)

Also known as Lapparent site 23b, Remada

Where: Tataouine, Tunisia (32.2° N, 10.4° E: paleocoordinates 16.1° N, 11.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Douiret Formation (Merbah el Asfer Group), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• uppermost part of "Continental Intercalaire", just below the Cenomanian-Turonian limestone platform

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; pebbly, sandy sandstone and claystone

• "sandy sandstone with quartz pebbles and silicified wood, gypsum clays"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Collected by A. F. de Lapparent in 1951

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 25362: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 09.09.2002, edited by Melanie Gagucas

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Carcharodontosauridae
cf. Carcharodontosaurus sp.2 Stromer 1931 allosauroid
teeth
 Loricata -
Crocodylia indet. crocodilian
Pisces
  -
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes -
Lepidotes sp.2 Agassiz 1832 gar
teeth and scales
Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Priohybodus sp.2 d'Erasmo 1960 elasmobranch
teeth
Priohybodus arambourgi1 d'Erasmo 1960 elasmobranch
unclassified
  -
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866