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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
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Crocodylia indet. crocodilian | |
Pisces | |
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish | |
Actinopteri | |
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Chondrichthyes | |
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unclassified | |
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866 |