Where: Agadez, Niger (16.7° N, 9.3° E: paleocoordinates 0.7° N, 3.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Elrhaz Formation (Tegama Group), Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• GAD 5 is in the upper part of the Elrhaz Formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by P. Taquet, G. Ligabue in 1965-1966, 1970, 1973; reposited in the MNHN
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: P. Taquet. 1970. Sur le gisement de Dinosauriens et de Crocodiliens de Gadoufaoua (République du Niger) [On the dinosaur and crocodilian locality of Gadoufaoua (Republic of Niger)]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris, Série D 271:38-40 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 59270: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 22.03.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Iguanodontidae indet. Bonaparte 1850 iguanodontid |