Also known as In Abangarit
Where: Agadez, Niger (17.9° N, 5.6° E: paleocoordinates 2.8° N, 0.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Echkar Formation (Tegama Group), Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Sereno et al. in 2000
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,
• most of fossils preserved on a delationary lag on an outcrop between migrating dunes
•Muséum National du Niger (MNN) collection
Primary reference: P. C. Sereno, J. A. Wilson, and J. L. Conrad. 2004. New dinosaurs link southern landmasses in the mid-Cretaceous. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 271(1546):1325-1330 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 58577: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 15.02.2006, edited by John Alroy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Reptilia | |
Carcharodontosaurus iguidensis n. sp.1
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Rugops primus n. gen. n. sp.
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Titanosauria indet. Bonaparte and Coria 1993 sauropod | |
Rebbachisauridae indet. sauropod | |
Laganosuchus thaumastos n. gen. n. sp.2
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Kaprosuchus saharicus n. gen. n. sp.2
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Baurusuchidae indet. crocodilian |