Where: Agadez, Niger (17.0° N, 7.5° E: paleocoordinates 8.2° N, 2.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Assaous Formation (Agadez Group), Late/Upper Jurassic (161.5 - 145.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, trace

Collected by P. Taquet et al. in 1966

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: L. Ginsburg, A. F. d.e. Lapparent, B. Loiret and P. Taquet. 1966. Empreintes de pas de Vertébrés tétrapodes dans le séries continentales à l’Ouest d’Agadès (République du Niger) [Tetrapod vertebrate footprints in the continental series west of Agadez (Republic of Niger)]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris, Série D 263:28-31 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 59627: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 05.04.2006

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