Where: Agadez, Niger (16.8° N, 7.6° E: paleocoordinates 6.2° N, 3.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Irhazer Shales Formation (Irhazer Group), Berriasian to Berriasian (145.0 - 132.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, trace

Collected by L. Ginsberg 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 59631: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 05.04.2006

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